Green Tea Extract (Syncatchin) an herbal remedy for external genital warts (Systematic Review)

External genital warts caused by human papillomavirus are the most common sexually transmitted infections. There are many treatment options for genital warts that can help the doctor, but many patients tend to use a home-based treatment. Green tea extract (syncatchin) is an herbal remedy for external genital warts that can be used by the patient. This study was performed with aim to systematic review the studies related to green tea in the treatment of genital warts.

In this review study, the relevant articles were selected in the databases of Pubmed, Scopus, Siencedirect, Proquest, and Google Scholar in 2000-2019 with different combinations of "green tea" and "genital wart" keywords. From a total of 21 articles, 9 articles related to the purpose were selected.

Among the studied articles, 9 studies were analyzed in two groups of placebo and syncatin ointment 15% and 10%. In all studies about complete recovery of all genital warts, there was no statistically significant difference between 15% and 10% syncatchin ointment, but this difference was significant compared to placebo group. There was less number of warts recurrences at the end of treatment in the Sincatchin group compared to placebo group.

Green tea extract is known as an effective and safe drug with less side effects and recurrence rate in the treatment of genital warts.