每日新闻7月29日报道:千叶大学医学部第二内科熊谷教授等根据爱斯基摩人很少发生动脉硬化的事实,考虑鱼类中是否有预防动脉硬化的物质。最近他们从鰮鱼油中提取了二十碳五烯酸(EPA),投与健康人经4周后,发现EPA可使致动脉硬化的血小板的凝集、粘着作用显著下降。动脉硬化是由于血小板中具有凝集能力的血栓素 Daily News July 29 reported: Chiba University School of Medicine, Professor Kumagai, second internal medicine, etc. According to Eskimos rarely happen arteriosclerosis fact, consider the fish in the prevention of atherosclerosis substances. They recently extracted eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) from anchovy oils and after 4 weeks of administration to healthy volunteers, found that EPA reduced agglutination and atherosclerosis of atherosclerotic platelets. Arteriosclerosis is due to the thromboxane that has the ability to agglutinate in platelets