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Interactions of Catechins with Metal Ions and Their Biological Significance
Shi-Li Sun, Jun-Guo Yang, Lan-Cui Zhang, Hai-Ning Yu1, Sheng-Rong Shen*
Department of Tea Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China; 1College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, China
Abstract: With widely investigations of the preventive effects of catechins from many kinds of diseases, interactions of catechins with metal ions are being become the novel hotspot in inorganic biochemistry and medicine or other subjects. In the present paper, we reviewed the interactions of catechins with metal ions and their biological significance. Also, we estimated their prospects in the coming day in this paper.