eicosapentaenoic acid /ei·co·sa·pen·ta·eno·ic ac·id/ (EPA) (i-ko″sah-pen″tah-e-no´ik) an omega-3, polyunsaturated, 20-carbon fatty acid found almost exclusively in fish and marine animal oils.
eicosapentaenoic acid
ei·co·sa·pen·ta·e·no·ic acid (  k -s -p nt- -n k)n. Abbr. EPA An omega-3 fatty acid found in fish oils. |
eicosapentaenoic acid
[ī·kō′sə·pen′tə·ē·nō′ik]
a 20-carbon fatty acid found almost exclusively in fish and marine animal oils.
eicosapentaenoic acid
a 20-carbon polyunsaturated fatty acid with five double bonds; a precursor of 1, 2 and 3 series prostaglandins.
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