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Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Known as: n 3 Oils, omega-3, n-3 Fatty Acids 
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… 
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Review
2010
Review
2010
Fatty acids from fish: the anti-inflammatory potential of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids.
Omega-6 (n-6) and omega-3 (n-3) polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) are precursors of potent lipid mediators, termed eicosanoids… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
The Importance of the Omega-6/Omega-3 Fatty Acid Ratio in Cardiovascular Disease and Other Chronic Diseases
  • A. Simopoulos
  • Experimental biology and medicine
  • 2008
  • Corpus ID: 9044197
Several sources of information suggest that human beings evolved on a diet with a ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 essential fatty… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Fish consumption, fish oil, omega-3 fatty acids, and cardiovascular disease.
fatty acids affect cardiac function (including antiarrhythmic effects), hemodynamics (cardiac mechanics), and arterial… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Inflammation and Autoimmune Diseases
  • A. Simopoulos
  • Journal of the American College of Nutrition
  • 2002
  • Corpus ID: 16733569
Among the fatty acids, it is the omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) which possess the most potent immunomodulatory… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
The importance of the ratio of omega-6/omega-3 essential fatty acids.
  • A. Simopoulos
  • Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine…
  • 2002
  • Corpus ID: 8170688
Review
2002
Review
2002
Fish consumption, fish oil, omega-3 fatty acids, and cardiovascular disease.
Since the first AHA Science Advisory “Fish Consumption, Fish Oil, Lipids, and Coronary Heart Disease,”1 important new findings… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Fish and omega-3 fatty acid intake and risk of coronary heart disease in women.
CONTEXT Higher consumption of fish and omega-3 fatty acids has been associated with a lower risk of coronary heart disease (CHD… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Resolvins: a family of bioactive products of omega-3 fatty acid transformation circuits initiated by aspirin treatment that counter proinflammation signals.
Aspirin (ASA) is unique among current therapies because it acetylates cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 enabling the biosynthesis of R… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Novel Functional Sets of Lipid-Derived Mediators with Antiinflammatory Actions Generated from Omega-3 Fatty Acids via Cyclooxygenase 2–Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs and Transcellular Processing
Aspirin therapy inhibits prostaglandin biosynthesis without directly acting on lipoxygenases, yet via acetylation of… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
Omega-3 fatty acids in health and disease and in growth and development.
  • A. Simopoulos
  • The American journal of clinical nutrition
  • 1991
  • Corpus ID: 4444962
Several sources of information suggest that man evolved on a diet with a ratio of omega 6 to omega 3 fatty acids of approximately… 
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