@article{oai:shiga-med.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000506,
 author = {Stavrescu, Ruxandra and Kimura, Takahide and 宗宮, 創 and Fujita, Mitsue and Ando, Takashi and Vinatoru, Mircea},
 journal = {滋賀医科大学基礎学研究},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {Departmental Bulletin Paper, We have recently shown that green tea epicatechins complexed with copper kill colon cancer cells of the Caco-2 line, in vitro, at concentrations for which copper alone does not affect cell viability.
Attempting to elucidate the mechanism of killing, we found hereafter that epicatechms actively transport copper inside the cells promoting a prooxidant state eventually leading to apoptosis.},
 pages = {27--34},
 title = {Epicatechins induce death of caco-2 colon cancer cells by raising the intracellular level of copper(II)},
 volume = {12},
 year = {2003}
}