Table 1.

List of anticancer compounds that have shown synergistic anticancer effects with EGCG, or other green tea catechins

Cancer tissue	Effective anticancer compounds used in experiment
Head, neck and lung	Celecoxib, curcumin, erlotinib, 5-fluorouracil, luteolin, sulindac, tamoxifen
Breast	Curcumin, 4-hydroxytamoxifen, raloxifene, resveratrol, tamoxifen, γ-tocotrienol, tricostatin A
Prostate	Bortezomib, docetaxel, doxorubicin, genistein, NS398, paclitaxel, quercetin, resveratrol, sulforaphane
Liver	Doxorubicin, 5-fluorouracil
Colon	Sodium butyrate, sulforaphane
Ovaries	Cisplatin, sulforaphane, trans-palladiums
Malignant neuroblastoma	Retinoids (ATRA, 13-cis-RA, 4-HPR), SU5416
Leukemia	Benzyl isothiocyanate, celastrol, curcumin, cytosine arabinoside, H2O2
Pancreas	Celecoxib, thymoquinone, TRAIL
Cervix	Retinoic acid
Melanoma	Vorinostat
Skin	3-Deazaneplanocin
Stomach	Docetaxel

EGCG: (-)-epigallocatechin gallate.