Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA): An antiinflammatory ω-3 fat with potential clinical applications

Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 11-12, 2000, Pages 1116-1118

  Babcock, T ^a   Helton, W S ^a   Espat, N Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ARACHIDONIC ACID; FISH OIL; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; I KAPPA B; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTAGLANDIN; THROMBOXANE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANOREXIA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CACHEXIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CYTOKINES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033665278     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(00)00392-0     Document Type: Article

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