eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Medicine Studies 2333-889X 2015-06-25 3 1 4 7 10.12691/ajms-3-1-2 AJMS2015312 article Zunting Pang 1 Qiang Zhang 1 Zhixiang Tian 1 Chunchao Han pangzunting@126.com 1 School of Pharmacy, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, People's Republic of China Fish oils are the most common source of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs), mainly eicosapentaenoic acid(EPA). It has been pointed out protective effects and beneficial effects of EPA on body weight reduction, heart health, blood lipid profile, cardiovascular diseases and other diseases. Based on its biological activities, EPA may be developed to a complementary and alternative medicine through further research. In this paper, the pharmacological effects of EPA were summarized by reviewing the recent related literatures. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajms/3/1/2/ajms-3-1-2.pdf eicosapentaenoic acid pharmacological effects research progress