摘要 |
Anti-Chlamydia agents characterized by containing tea polyphenol; and a method for preventing or treating Chlamydia infection characterized by administering a composition containing a therapeutically efficacious amount of tea polyphenol to the affected part of a patient. The tea polyphenol to be used herein is a component of tea which is a natural product having been widely taken as a drink from ancient times. Thus, tea suffers no problem in safety. Therefore, the tea polyphenol also has no harmful side effect on the human body and is free from any fear of the appearance of a resistant strain.
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