Green tea catechins containing a galloyl group in the 3’ position inhibit tissue factor-induced thrombin generation

Jan Julius Stampfuss; Karsten Schrör; Artur-Aron Weber

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1616631

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Thromb Haemost 2005; 93(06): 1200-1201
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1616631

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Green tea catechins containing a galloyl group in the 3’ position inhibit tissue factor-induced thrombin generation

Jan Julius Stampfuss

¹Institut für Pharmakologie und Klinische Pharmakologie, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany

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Karsten Schrör

¹Institut für Pharmakologie und Klinische Pharmakologie, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany

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Artur-Aron Weber

¹Institut für Pharmakologie und Klinische Pharmakologie, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany

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