COMPOSITION OF FATTY ACIDS CONTAINING AT LEAST 80 IN WEIGHT OF EPA AND DHA OR ITS DERIVATIVES AND THEIR PHARMACEUTICAL USE.

摘要

Fatty acid composition containing at least 80% by weight of 5, 8, 11, 14, 17-eicosapentanoic acid (EPA) C20: 5 W-3 (double bonds all cis) and acid 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19-docosaexaenoic acid (DHA) C22: 6 W-3 (all cis double bonds), in which the EPA: DHA ratio is between 0, 9 and 1, 5 and other W-3 C C20, C21 and C22 acids they constitute less than 3% and in which said acids may be present in the form of free acids or their C1-C3 short chain alkyl salts or esters.