 Eicosapentaenoic Acid
"Eicosapentaenoic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Important polyunsaturated fatty acid found in fish oils. It serves as the precursor for the prostaglandin-3 and thromboxane-3 families. A diet rich in eicosapentaenoic acid lowers serum lipid concentration, reduces incidence of cardiovascular disorders, prevents platelet aggregation, and inhibits arachidonic acid conversion into the thromboxane-2 and prostaglandin-2 families.
| Descriptor ID |
D015118
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D10.212.302.380.410.385 D10.251.355.255.200 D10.251.355.337.290 D10.627.430.450.390
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| Concept/Terms |
Eicosapentaenoic Acid- Eicosapentaenoic Acid
- Eicosapentanoic Acid
- Acid, Eicosapentanoic
- omega-3-Eicosapentaenoic Acid
- omega 3 Eicosapentaenoic Acid
- Timnodonic Acid
- 5,8,11,14,17-Eicosapentaenoic Acid
- 5,8,11,14,17-Icosapentaenoic Acid
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| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Eicosapentaenoic Acid" by people in Profiles.
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Fabian CJ, Kimler BF, Phillips TA, Box JA, Kreutzjans AL, Carlson SE, Hidaka BH, Metheny T, Zalles CM, Mills GB, Powers KR, Sullivan DK, Petroff BK, Hensing WL, Fridley BL, Hursting SD. Modulation of Breast Cancer Risk Biomarkers by High-Dose Omega-3 Fatty Acids: Phase II Pilot Study in Premenopausal Women. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2015 Oct; 8(10):912-21.
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Fabian CJ, Kimler BF, Phillips TA, Nydegger JL, Kreutzjans AL, Carlson SE, Hidaka BH, Metheny T, Zalles CM, Mills GB, Powers KR, Sullivan DK, Petroff BK, Hensing WL, Fridley BL, Hursting SD. Modulation of Breast Cancer Risk Biomarkers by High-Dose Omega-3 Fatty Acids: Phase II Pilot Study in Postmenopausal Women. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2015 Oct; 8(10):922-31.
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