Chemical Substance - Eicosapentaenoic acid
NHPID name:
Eicosapentaenoic acid
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Source material:
- Arctocephalus pusillus ( Parts: Blubber )
- Arctogadus glacialis ( Parts: Liver )
- Calanus finmarchicus ( Parts: Whole )
- Clupea harengus ( Parts: Egg )
- Clupea harengus ( Parts: Fish semen )
- Cystophora cristata ( Parts: Blubber )
- Erignathus barbatus ( Parts: Blubber )
- Euphausia pacifica ( Parts: Whole )
- Euphausia superba ( Parts: Whole )
- fish oil fish ( Parts: Whole )
- Gadidae ( Parts: Liver )
- Gadus chalcogrammus ( Parts: Liver )
- Gadus chalcogrammus ( Parts: Whole )
- Gadus macrocephalus ( Parts: Liver )
- Gadus morhua ( Parts: Liver )
- Gadus ogac ( Parts: Liver )
- Halichoerus grypus ( Parts: Blubber )
- Illex illecebrosus ( Parts: Whole )
- Liver oil fish ( Parts: Liver )
- Microchloropsis salina ( Parts: Whole )
- Mytilus edulis ( Parts: Whole )
- Nannochloropsis oculata ( Parts: Whole )
- Pagophilus groenlandicus ( Parts: Blubber )
- Pandalus borealis ( Parts: Internal shell )
- Pandalus borealis ( Parts: Whole )
- Phoca vitulina ( Parts: Blubber )
- Pusa hispida ( Parts: Blubber )
- Schizochytrium spp. ( Parts: Whole )
- Shark ( Parts: Liver )
- Squid oil Squid ( Parts: Whole )
- Thunnus thynnus ( Parts: Whole )
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Classified as an NHP under Schedule 1, item 2 (an isolate) of the Natural Health Products Regulations.
Reference: NNHPD