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Melatonin

Selected References:

  • Amaral FGD and José C. 2018. A Brief Review about Melatonin, a Pineal Hormone. Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism.4:472-79
  • Andersen LP, et al. 2016. The safety of melatonin in humans. Clin Drug Investig. 36:169–75.
  • Davis, F. C. (1997). Melatonin: Role in Development. Journal of Biological Rhythms. 12(6):498–508.
  • Dı́az E, et al. 2000. Effect of Prenatal Melatonin on the Gonadotropin and Prolactin Response to the Feedback Effect of Testosterone in Male Offspring. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 72(1):61-69.
  • Dı́az, E, et al. 1999. Prenatal Melatonin Exposure Influences the Maturation of Gonadotropin and Prolactin Estradiol-benzoate Feedback System. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 70(1): 81-88.
  • Ejaz F, et al. 2020. Maternal Serum Melatonin Increases During Pregnancy and Falls Immediately After Delivery Implicating the Placenta as a Major Source of Melatonin. Frontiers in Endocrinology (Lausanne). 11:623038–623038.
  • Garofoli F, et al. 2021. Oral melatonin as a new tool for neuroprotection in preterm newborns: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials.22(1):82.
  • Grivas T, et al. 2007. Melatonin the “light of the night” in human biology and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Scoliosis. /1748-7161-2-6
  • Hardeland R. 2009. New approaches in the management of insomnia: weighing the advantages of prolonged-release melatonin and synthetic melatoninergic agonists. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment. 5:341–354.
  • Harpsøe NG, et al. 2015. Clinical pharmacokinetics of melatonin: a systematic review. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 71:901–909.
  • Katzer D, et al. 2016. Melatonin concentrations and antioxidative capacity of human breast milk according to gestational age and the time of day. J Hum Lact. 32:NP105–NP10.
  • Luboshitzky R, et al. 2002. Melatonin administration alters semen quality in healthy men. J Androl. 4:572-578.
  • Mannino G, et al. 2021. Melatonin and Phytomelatonin: Chemistry, Biosynthesis, Metabolism, Distribution and Bioactivity in Plants and Animals-An Overview. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22(18):9996.
  • Moradi M, et al. 2021. Melatonin protects rats testes against bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin-induced toxicity via mitigating nitro-oxidative stress and apoptosis. Biomed Pharmacother. 138:111481.
  • Okatani Y, et al.2001. Effect of Prenatal Melatonin Exposure on Gonadotropins and Prolactin Secretion in Male and Female Rat Pups. European Journal of Pharmacology 424(3):229-35.
  • Ramiro-Cortijo D, et al. 2020. Maternal Antioxidant Status in Early Pregnancy and Development of Fetal Complications in Twin Pregnancies: A Pilot Study. Antioxidants 9(4):269
  • Showell MG, et al. 2020. Antioxidants for female subfertility. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 8(8):CD007807.
  • Sun TC, et al. 2020. Protective effects of melatonin on male fertility preservation and reproductive system. Cryobiology. 95:1-8
  • Yang HL, et al. 2018. Pleiotropic roles of melatonin in endometriosis, recurrent spontaneous abortion, and polycystic ovary syndrome. Am J Reprod Immunol. 80(1):e12839.

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