I searched the forum and did not see this.
Small trial of green tea polyphenols, I have tried them before but I guess will revisit.
The interesting thing is that the people were refractive to 5asa and azathioprine.
These can inhibit biofilms and some of the compounds are anti tnf.
Old Mike
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23846486