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• CAS 10417-94-4 EPA

  Product Name: EPA

  Synonyms: TIMNODONIC ACID;TIMNODONIC ACID(EPA);C20:5 (ALL CIS-5,8,11,14,17) ACID;C20:5 OMEGA-3;CIS-5,8,11,14,17-EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID;EICOSA-5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z,17Z-PENTAENOIC ACID;EICOSAPENTAENOIC CID;EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID

  CAS: 10417-94-4

  MF: C20H30O2

  MW: 302.45

  
  

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Product Introduction:

Description EPA is an ω-3 fatty acid abundantly available in marine organisms. It is oxygenated by COX-1 and COX-2 at rates of about 5% and 30%, respectively, compared to arachidonic acid. EPA has been shown to offer protection against coronary heart disease, thrombosis, ischemic brain injury, scaly dermatitis, and some inflammatory diseases.

Uses Important polyunsaturated fatty acid of the marine food chain that serves as a precursor for the prostaglandin-3 and thromboxane-3 families. It differs from arachidonic acid (the eicosatetraenoic acid that is a precursor for the prostaglandin and thromboxane-2 families) by the extra double bond between the third and fourth carbons from the “methyl end” of the molecule. Antilipemic.

Uses cis-5,8,11,14,17-Eicosapentaenoic acid has been used an analytical standard for the synthesis followed by investigation of pharmacological properties of aconitine-derived lipo-alkaloids.

Uses cis-5,8,11,14,17-Eicosapentaenoic acid has been used:

to test pharmacologic effect on steatosis in hepatocytes

as an analytical standard in Raman spectra measurements to characterize human breast cancer samples

in lipid peroxidation assay in mouse embryonic fibroblasts and in pre-treatment of cells for cell viability studies