"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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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Eicosapentaenoic Acid" by people in Profiles.
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Eicosanoid lipidome activation in post-mortem brain tissues of individuals with APOE4 and Alzheimer's dementia. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2022 10 11; 14(1):152.
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Dietary lysophosphatidylcholine-EPA enriches both EPA and DHA in the brain: potential treatment for depression. J Lipid Res. 2019 03; 60(3):566-578.
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Effect Size Analyses of Souvenaid in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease. J Alzheimers Dis. 2017; 55(3):1131-1139.
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Towards establishing dietary reference intakes for eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids. J Nutr. 2009 Apr; 139(4):804S-19S.
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Consumption of fish and n-3 fatty acids and risk of incident Alzheimer disease. Arch Neurol. 2003 Jul; 60(7):940-6.