The green tea polyphenol epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) inhibits hepatitis C virus (HCV) entry.

S Ciesek, T von Hahn, C C Colpitts, L M Schang, M Friesland, J Steinmann, M P Manns, M Ott, H Wedemeyer, P Meuleman, T Pietschmann, E Steinmann