12/05/2018 / By Edsel Cook
An animal model held by American researchers demonstrated that epoxy docosapentaenoic-ethanolamides (EDP-EA) could suppress the development, growth, and spread of osteosarcoma in mice. EDP-EA are molecules derived from docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), a dietary omega-3 fatty acid.
The study was supported by the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Its results were published in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.
The researchers concluded that the new epoxy docosapentaenoic-ethanolamides derived from omega-3 fatty acids possessed the ability to inhibit the growth, spread, and development of cancer tumors.
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Journal Reference:
Roy J, Watson JE, Hong IS, Fan TM, Das A. ANTITUMORIGENIC PROPERTIES OF OMEGA-3 ENDOCANNABINOID EPOXIDES. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 2018;61(13):5569–5579. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b00243.
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