Medicine:Sinecatechins
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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.[1][2][3] Sinecatechins are mostly catechins, 55% of which is epigallocatechin gallate.[4] It was the first botanical drug approved by the US FDA.[2]
References
- ↑ "Veregen label information". http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2007/021902s002lbl.pdf.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "New Drug Reviews: Sinecatechins (Veregen) for External Genital and Perianal Warts". Am Fam Physician 80 (12): 1447–1454. 2009. http://www.aafp.org/afp/2009/1215/p1447.html.
- ↑ "Plant-derived anti-inflammatory compounds: hopes and disappointments regarding the translation of preclinical knowledge into clinical progress". Mediators Inflamm 2014: 146832. 2014. doi:10.1155/2014/146832. PMID 24987194.
- ↑ "Modern management of external genital warts". J Low Genit Tract Dis 12 (3): 185–192. July 2008. doi:10.1097/LGT.0b013e31815dd4b4. PMID 18596459.
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