Melatonin: characteristics, concerns, and prospects

Melatonin is of great importance to the investigation of human biological rhythms. Its rhythm in plasma or saliva provides the best available measure of the timing of the internal circadian clock. Its major metabolite 6-sulphatoxymelatonin is robust and easily measured in urine. It thus enables long...

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Published inJournal of biological rhythms Vol. 20; no. 4; p. 291
Main Author Arendt, Josephine
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.08.2005
Subjects
Blindness - physiopathology
Body Temperature
Circadian Rhythm
Humans
Melatonin - physiology
Sleep - physiology
Vision, Ocular - physiology
Wakefulness - physiology
Work Schedule Tolerance - physiology
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ISSN0748-7304
DOI10.1177/0748730405277492

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