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Descriptor English: Eicosapentaenoic Acid
Descriptor Spanish: Ácido Eicosapentaenoico
Descriptor ácido eicosapentaenoico
Entry term(s) icosapento
ácido 5,8,11,14,17-eicosapentaenoico
Scope note: Importante ácido graso poliinsaturado que se encuentra en aceites de pescado. Sirve como precursor para las familias de prostaglandina-3 y tromboxano-3. Una alimentación rica en ácido eicosapentaenoico disminuye la concentración sérica de lípidos, reduce la incidencia de trastornos cardiovasculares, previene la agregación plaquetaria e inhibe la conversión del ácido araquidónico en las familias de tromboxano-2 y prostaglandina-2.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ácido Eicosapentaenoico
Descriptor French: Acide eicosapentanoïque
Entry term(s): 5,8,11,14,17-Eicosapentaenoic Acid
5,8,11,14,17-Icosapentaenoic Acid
Acid, Eicosapentanoic
Eicosapentanoic Acid
Icosapent
Timnodonic Acid
omega 3 Eicosapentaenoic Acid
omega-3-Eicosapentaenoic Acid
Tree number(s): D10.212.302.380.410.385
D10.251.355.255.200
D10.251.355.337.290
D10.627.430.450.390
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015118
Scope note: 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.
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BI biosynthesis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PH physiology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Registry Number: AAN7QOV9EA
CAS Type 1 Name: 5,8,11,14,17-Eicosapentaenoic acid
Previous Indexing: Fatty Acids (1966-1972)
Fatty Acids, Unsaturated (1973-1985)
Public MeSH Note: 1986; see 5,8,11,14,17-EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID 1986-2003; EICOSAPENTANOIC ACID was indexed under FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED 2002-2010
History Note: 2003(1986);
DeCS ID: 28024
Unique ID: D015118
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1986/01/01
Date of Entry: 1985/06/05
Revision Date: 2020/06/22
Eicosapentaenoic Acid - Preferred
Concept UI M0023259
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Eicosapentaenoic Acid
Entry term(s) 5,8,11,14,17-Eicosapentaenoic Acid
5,8,11,14,17-Icosapentaenoic Acid
Acid, Eicosapentanoic
Eicosapentanoic Acid
Icosapent
Timnodonic Acid
omega 3 Eicosapentaenoic Acid
omega-3-Eicosapentaenoic Acid



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