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This is evident when one evaluates the concentrations required to achieve anticancer, cytoprotective actions in vitro [ 19 21 25 26 27 ] . More recently in the Apc minmouse model of familial adenomatous polyposis, a condition with a massive induction of polyps in the gastrointestinal tract, green tea extracts reduced polyp load and potentiated the effects of sulindac, a cyclo-oxygenase inhibitor used to treat gastrointestinal cancer [ 32 ] . This further affirms the potential of this strategy in managing disorders characterized by epithelial cell death and transformation.
NSAIDs work, at least in part, by inhibiting cyclo-oxygenase, the enzyme that converts arachidonic acid to prostaglandins.
The newer agents specific to the isoenzyme cyclo-oxygenase 2 may have fewer adverse effects, but are less potent and more expensive than other possible choices.
If so, this approach could offer significant cost savings over the use of newer cyclo-oxygenase 2 (COX2) inhibitors.