Description
An EPA metabolite and activator of BKCa channels; increases the potassium current amplitude by 15-fold in isolated rat cerebral artery VSMCs at 50 nM; has negative chronotropic effects in NRCMs (EC50 = ~1-2 nM) and prevents calcium-induced increases in NRCM spontaneous beating
Formal name: 16-[(2R,3S)-3-ethyl-2-oxiranyl]-5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z-hexadecatetraenoic acid
Synonyms: 17R,18S-EEQ|17R,18S-epoxy Eicosatetraenoic Acid
Molecular weight: 318.5
CAS: 725246-18-4
Purity: ≥98%
Formulation: A solution in ethanol