Translations:Eicosapentaenoic acid/1/en

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Eicosapentaenoic acid
Eicosapentaenoic acid
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z,17Z)-Icosa-5,8,11,14,17-pentaenoic acid
Other names
(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z,17Z)-5,8,11,14,17-eicosapentaenoic acid
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
3DMet
1714433
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
DrugBank
KEGG
UNII
Properties
C20H30O2
Molar mass 302.451 g/mol
Hazards
GHS labelling:
GHS05: Corrosive
Danger
H314
P260, P264, P280, P301+P330+P331, P303+P361+P353, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P310, P321, P363, P405, P501
Tracking categories (test):

Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA; also icosapentaenoic acid) is an omega-3 fatty acid. In physiological literature, it is given the name 20:5(n-3). It also has the trivial name timnodonic acid. In chemical structure, EPA is a carboxylic acid with a 20-carbon chain and five cis double bonds; the first double bond is located at the third carbon from the omega end.