 Fatty Acids, Omega-3
"Fatty Acids, Omega-3" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of fatty acids, often of marine origin, which have the first unsaturated bond in the third position from the omega carbon. These fatty acids are believed to reduce serum triglycerides, prevent insulin resistance, improve lipid profile, prolong bleeding times, reduce platelet counts, and decrease platelet adhesiveness.
| Descriptor ID |
D015525
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D10.212.302.380.410 D10.251.355.337 D10.627.430.450
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| Concept/Terms |
Fatty Acids, Omega-3- Fatty Acids, Omega-3
- Acids, Omega-3 Fatty
- Fatty Acids, Omega 3
- Omega-3 Fatty Acids
- Omega 3 Fatty Acids
- n-3 PUFA
- n-3 Fatty Acids
- Fatty Acids, n-3
- n 3 Fatty Acids
- n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid
- n 3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid
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| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fatty Acids, Omega-3" by people in Profiles.
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Dyari HR, Rawling T, Bourget K, Murray M. Synthetic ?-3 epoxyfatty acids as antiproliferative and pro-apoptotic agents in human breast cancer cells. J Med Chem. 2014 Sep 11; 57(17):7459-64.
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León-Carrión J, León-Dominguez U, Halper J, Pollonini L, Zouridakis G, Domínguez-Morales Mdel R. Restoring cortical connectivity directionality and synchronization is essential to treating disorder of consciousness. Curr Pharm Des. 2014; 20(26):4268-74.
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Murray MJ, Svingen BA, Yaksh TL, Holman RT. Effects of endotoxin on pigs prefed omega-3 vs. omega-6 fatty acid-enriched diets. Am J Physiol. 1993 Dec; 265(6 Pt 1):E920-7.
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