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eicosapentanoic

eicosapentanoic adjective: relating to eicosapentanoic acid or its derivatives.

Adjective

eicosapentanoic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to eicosapentanoic acid or its derivatives
    • In a recent study by Takeshita et al., when vildagliptin was compared to liraglutide as a second line treatment after sitagliptin baseline levels of docosahexanoic acid but not eicosapentanoic acid demonstrated a significant predictive value for vildagliptin- mediated improvement in glycemic...2015 August 22, M. P. Yavropoulou et al., “Efficacy and tolerability of vildagliptin as first line treatment in patients with diabetes type 2 in an outpatient setting”, in Journal of Diabetes and...

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Questions about eicosapentanoic

What does eicosapentanoic mean?
Eicosapentanoic means relating to eicosapentanoic acid or its derivatives.
What part of speech is eicosapentanoic?
Eicosapentanoic is an adjective.

Words near eicosapentanoic in the dictionary

  1. eicosapentaenoate
  2. eicosapentaenoates
  3. eicosapentaenoic
  4. eicosapentaenoic acid
  5. eicosapentaenoyl
  6. eicosapentanoic
  7. eicosapentanoic acid
  8. eicosapeptide
  9. eicosapeptides
  10. eicosatetraene
  11. eicosatetraenoate

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