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Prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and essential fatty acids • 2013 | View Paper
“On administration of 1800 mg/day of IPA-E , the plasma level of IPA increased significantly, while the plasma level of DHLA decreased significantly, but no significant changes were observed in plasma DHA and AA concentrations.”
Nihon Ronen Igakkai zasshi. Japanese journal of geriatrics • 1993 | View Paper
“Furthermore, EPA-E feeding induced a significant decrease in the level of arachidonic acid and a significant increase in that of EPA in peritoneal macrophages.”
“In addition, the contents of EPA and docosapentaenoic acid (DPA) in macrophage phospholipids were dose dependently and significantly increased by EPA-E feeding.”
“ResultsIn plasma, treatment with icosapent ethyl 4 g/day resulted in significant increases versus placebo in the mean concentrations of EPA (+ 635%; P < 0.0001) and its metabolite, docosapentaenoic acid n-3 (+ 143%; P < 0.0001) with no significant change in docosahexaenoic acid.”