Description
Cholesteryl eicosapentaenoate is a cholesterol ester. It induces cytotoxicity in human monocyte-macrophages in a concentration-dependent manner at concentrations ranging from 88 to 880 μM. Cholesteryl eicosapentaenoate levels are elevated 1.89-fold in the serum of pediatric patients with extrahepatic biliary atresia and decreased in the serum and plasma of patients with Alzheimer’s disease and abetalipoproteinemia, respectively, compared with healthy individuals.
Definition
ChEBI: A cholesterol ester obtained by the formal condensation of cholesterol with all-cis-5,8,11,14,17-icosapentaenoic acid.
