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Eicosopentaenoic acid (EPA)

Eicosopentaenoic acid (EPA) formula.

Eicosopentaenoic acid (EPA) is one of the omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil. It is an unsaturated fatty acid with 5 C=C double bonds present in each molecule.

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