Translations:Eicosapentaenoic acid/1/en

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
CAS Number	10417-94-4 Y
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
3DMet	B00962
Beilstein Reference	1714433
ChEBI	CHEBI:28364 Y
ChEMBL	ChEMBL460026 Y
ChemSpider	393682 Y
DrugBank	DB00159 Y
IUPHAR/BPS	3362
KEGG	C06428
PubChem CID	446284
UNII	AAN7QOV9EA Y
InChI InChI=1S/C20H30O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20(21)22/h3-4,6-7,9-10,12-13,15-16H,2,5,8,11,14,17-19H2,1H3,(H,21,22)/b4-3-,7-6-,10-9-,13-12-,16-15- Y Key: JAZBEHYOTPTENJ-JLNKQSITSA-N Y InChI=1/C20H30O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20(21)22/h3-4,6-7,9-10,12-13,15-16H,2,5,8,11,14,17-19H2,1H3,(H,21,22)/b4-3-,7-6-,10-9-,13-12-,16-15- Key: JAZBEHYOTPTENJ-JLNKQSITBZ
SMILES O=C(O)CCC\C=C/C\C=C/C\C=C/C\C=C/C\C=C/CC
Properties
Chemical formula	C20H30O2
Molar mass	302.451 g/mol
Hazards
GHS labelling:
Pictograms
Signal word	Danger
Hazard statements	H314
Precautionary statements	P260, P264, P280, P301+P330+P331, P303+P361+P353, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P310, P321, P363, P405, P501

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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.