Menhaden Oil provides the essential fatty acid supplement omega-3 fatty acids. Also shown to inhibit human lung carcinoma through integrin-linked kinase protein suppression.
Uses
Fish oils are used to decrease infl ammation in rheumatoid arthritis, to prevent cardiovascular disease, and to treat major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and dysmenorrhea. Fish oils are also used to prevent low birth weight infants in women with previous pregnancy complications.
Definition
Extractives and their physically modified derivatives. It consists primarily of the glycerides of C14-C18 and C16-C22 unsatd. fatty acids.
