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Sinecatechins

Extract of green tea leaves


Extract of green tea leaves

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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