Sinecatechins

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title: "Sinecatechins" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["pharmaceutical-industry", "botanical-drugs"] description: "Extract of green tea leaves" topic_path: "general/pharmaceutical-industry" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinecatechins" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Extract of green tea leaves ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Camellia_sinensis_-_Köhler–s_Medizinal-Pflanzen-025.jpg" caption="Sinecatechins is an extract from the leaves of ''[[Camellia sinensis]]''." alt="A botanical drawing showing a plant with green leaves and white flowers"] ::

Sinecatechins (USAN, trade names Veregen and Polyphenon E) is a specific water extract of green tea leaves from Camellia sinensis that is the active ingredient in an ointment approved by the FDA in 2006 as a botanical drug to treat genital warts. Sinecatechins are mostly catechins, 55% of which is epigallocatechin gallate. It was the first botanical drug approved by the US FDA.

References

References

1. "Veregen label information".
2. (2009). "New Drug Reviews: Sinecatechins (Veregen) for External Genital and Perianal Warts". Am Fam Physician.
3. (2014). "Plant-derived anti-inflammatory compounds: hopes and disappointments regarding the translation of preclinical knowledge into clinical progress". Mediators Inflamm.
4. (July 2008). "Modern management of external genital warts". J Low Genit Tract Dis.

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