1,3-Dipalmitoyl-2-eicosapentaenoyl glycerol is a triacylglycerol that contains palmitic acid at the
sn-1 and
sn-3 positions and eicosapentaenoic acid at the
sn-2 position. Dietary administration of 1,3-dipalmitoyl-2-eicosapentaenoyl glycerol decreases hepatic triacylglycerol levels in mice.
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1. Yoshinaga, K., Sasaki, K., Watanabe, H., et al. Differential effects of triacylglycerol positional isomers containing n-3 series highly unsaturated fatty acids on lipid metabolism in C57BL/6J mice J. Nutr. Biochem. 26(1),57-63(2015).