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Editorial

How can green tea polyphenols affect drug metabolism and should we be concerned?

Rolf TeschkeDepartment of Internal Medicine II, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Klinikum Hanau, Hanau, Teaching Hospital of the Medical Faculty of the Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Tran Dang XuanGraduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, JapanORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7103-5698View further author information
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Pages 989-991 | Received 01 Oct 2019, Accepted 21 Nov 2019, Published online: 27 Nov 2019

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