[ EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid, timnodonic acid ] A polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) of the omega-3 class. In humans is considered essential. EPA is essential to the anti-inflammatory series of eicosanoids. EPA deficiency has been implicated in a host of disorders… Read More »EPA (Eicosapentaenoic Acid)
[ Epidemiology ] A branch of medicine studies the incidence, distribution of disease conditions. It also looks for patterns that could lead to methods of disease prevention, disease control and improvements in health.
[ Epigenetics ] The field of study of gene expression in contrast to actual changes to the genome itself. Epigenetics looks for environmental factors which turn genes on or off and ultimately affect cell biology.
[ Erythritol ] A sugar alcohol with about 70% of the sweetness of sucrose and 0.213 kcal/gram of energy. It occurs naturally in some fruit and fermented foods and is approved in most countries as a food additive, principally as… Read More »Erythritol
[ Essential Amino Acid ] An amino acid considered and essential nutrient. That is, that an organism cannot endogenously synthesise and, therefore, must be acquired from dietary sources. For humans, there are nine amino acids that are considered essential: Histidine… Read More »Essential Amino Acid
[ Essential Nutrient ] A substance with nutritional importance that an organism cannot endogenously synthesise and, therefore, need not be acquired from dietary sources. See: Non-Essential Nutrient, Conditionally-Essential_Nutrient
[ Ester ] Chemical compounds derived from an acid where at least one -OH (hydroxyl) group is replaced by an -O-alkyl (alkoxy) group. Organic esters are commonly derived from a carboxylic acid and an alcohol. An important case are glycerides,… Read More »Ester
[ Esterification ] A chemical reaction in which an alcohol and an acid form an ester as the reaction product.
[ Eukaryote ] An organism consisting of one or more cells containing a nucleus and other organelles. The defining characteristic of an eukaryote is that its nucleus contains the genetic material of the organism. All multicellular organisms are eukaryotes, including… Read More »Eukaryote