Epidemiological studies suggest that the consumption of green tea may help prevent cancers in humans; also, breast and prostate cancers in animal models are reduced by green, but not black, tea. Here we offer a possible explanation. We have inferred (using molecular modelling) and subsequently demonstrated that one of the major ingredients of green tea inhibits urokinase, an enzyme crucial for cancer growth.

Drinking green tea may help prevent cancers due to its ability to inhibit urokinase, a crucial enzyme crucial for cancer growth.

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Why drinking green tea could prevent cancer

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