(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z,17Z)-5,8,11,14,17-Eicosapentaenoic Acid Ethyl Ester; (all-Z)-5,8,11,14,17-Eicosapentaenoic Acid Ethyl Ester; Epadel; Ethyl Eicosapentaenoate; Timnodonic Acid Ethyl Ester; cis-Eicosapentaenoic Acid Ethyl Ester;

Important polyunsaturated fatty acid of the marine food chain that serves as a precursor for the prostaglandin-3 and thromboxane-3 families. It differs from arachidonic acid (the eicosatetraenoic acid that is a precursor for the prostaglandin and thromboxane-2 families) by the extra double bond between the third and fourth carbons from the “methyl end” of the molecule. Antilipemic.