Photomicrographs of cells grown in culture with 0, 25, 50, 75 or 100 µM of ECG or EGCG

Copyright information:Taken from "Epicatechins Purified from Green Tea () Differentially Suppress Growth of Gender-Dependent Human Cancer Cell Lines"Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2006;3(2):237-247.Published online 25 Apr 2006PMCID:PMC1475929.© The Author (2006). Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved Organ-confined prostate cancer cell line HH870 and primary and metastatic epithelial ovarian cancer cell lines (HH450 and HH639) were seeded (2.5 × 10 cells per line) into flasks containing culture medium (RPMI-1640 with 9% FBS-antibiotics) with or without ECG or EGCG. When growth of untreated (control) cells reached confluency, cell monolayers in each flask were photographed under a light microscope. Both ECG and EGCG significantly affected the density of each cell line. Decrease in cell density was observed at higher concentrations of ECG and EGCG. Magnification: ×100.