Epigallocatechin 3 gallate

1,2-Dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (DOPE), 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC), cholesterol (Chol) and cholesteryl hemisuccinate (CHEMS), used in the liposome preparation, were purchased from Avanti Polar Lipids Inc. (Alabaster, AL, USA). Tween-20, CaCl₂ and MgCl₂ salts and all solvents were obtained from Sigma Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA). Epigallocatechin 3-Gallate was purchased from Cayman Chemical Company (Ann Arbor, MI, USA). All other chemicals and buffer components were analytical grade preparations.

Ferulic acid (99%) was purchased from Sigma Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA). Ascorbic acid and quercetin (≤100%) were purchased from FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation (Osaka, Japan). Caffeic acid (≥98%), curcumin (100%), hesperidin (90%), rutin (95.0–101.5%), and triiodothyronine (T₃) were purchased from Nacalai Tesque, Inc. (Kyoto, Japan). Gallic acid (≥98%), chlorogenic acid (≥95%), ellagic acid (≥95%), sesamin (≥95%), epigallocatechin-3-gallate (≥96%), genistein (≥98%), daidzein (≥95%), luteolin (≥98%), theaflavin (≥98%), isoquercetin (98%), and morin (100%) were purchased from Cayman Chemical Company (Ann Arbor, MI, USA). Resveratrol (>99.0%), fisetin (>96.0%), isorhamnetin (>95.0%), and troxerutin (90%) were purchased from Tokyo Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan). Cyanidin chloride (99%) was purchased from Nagara Science Co. Ltd. (Gifu, Japan). Apigenin (≥98%) was purchased from LKT Laboratories, Inc. (St. Paul, MN, USA). Kaempferol (98%), myricetin (98%), and naringin (98%) were purchased from BDL Pharmatech Ltd. (Shanghai, China). Hyperoside (90–100%) was purchased from Toronto Research Chemicals Inc. (Toronto, ON, Canada). Neohesperidin (≥98%) was purchased from Chem-Impex International, Inc. (Wood Dale, IL, USA). All other chemicals were commercially available and had the highest possible purity.

Media was purchased from Difco™ (LB broth), Amresco (SOB broth), and Gibco™ (DMEM without glucose). The antibiotic chloramphenicol was purchased from Fisher. Aurodox was purchased from Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc. (Dallas, TX, USA). (-)-Epigallocatechin-3-gallate and nosiheptide were purchased from Cayman Chemical Company (Ann Arbor, MI, USA). Gallocatechin gallate was purchased from Alfa Aesar (Haverhill, MA, USA). Ellagic acid was purchased from Acros Organics B.V.B.A. (Fair Lawn, NJ, USA). Tannic acid was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA).