PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | mental depression |
| Phenotype | C0524851|neurodegenerative disorders |
| Sentences | 1 |
| PubMedID- 23818768 | Omega fatty acids provide energy and perform important functions in the body; enhance appropriate prenatal and postnatal development (mainly of the central and peripheral nervous systems), lower cholesterol and triglyceride levels, reduce acute and chronic inflammation, help in the management of emotional distress and depression, benefit patients with neurodegenerative disorders, reduce respiratory and asthma-like symptoms, regulate the blood pressure, and reduce the odds of developing cancer, heart disease, and stroke.26–32 the ω-3-derived eicosanoids exert anti-inflammatory effects, whereas the ω-6-derived eicosanoids are pro-inflammatory.28,30 the regulation of the biochemical mechanisms of acute inflammation, which is at least in part performed by endogenous epufa-derived autacoids (including pro-resolving mediators such as lipoxins, resolvins, protectins, and maresins), has recently been the subject of diverse studies.31–38 epufas are expected to be useful molecules for studies of ocular health and disease, including deds and poag. |
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