- Product Details
Keywords
- 10417-94-4
- EPA
Quick Details
- ProName: Eicosapentaenoic Acid
- CasNo: 10417-94-4
- Molecular Formula: C20H30O2
- Appearance: light yellow liquid
- Application: Natural ingredient for APIs.
- ProductionCapacity: Metric Ton/Day
- Purity: 96%
- Storage: 0-10 deg.C
- LimitNum: 0 Metric Ton
- Moisture Content: 0.5%
- Residual Solvent: 50ppm
- Heavy Metal: 10ppm
Superiority
We can offer high purity EPA as ethyl ester type or free acid. Spec. is 96%.
Details
Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA or also icosapentaenoic acid) is an omega-3 fatty acid. In physiological literature, it is given the name 20:5(n-3). It also has the trivial name timnodonic acid. In chemical structure, EPA is a carboxylic acid with a 20-carbon chain and five cis double bonds; the first double bond is located at the third carbon from the omega end.