Melatonina

[Melatonin: what for?]

Bull Acad Natl Med. 2005 May;189(5):879-89; discussion 889-91.
Touitou Y.
Properties of melatonin as a resynchronizing agent insituations such as aging, blindness, shift work, night work, phase-advanced or phase-delayed sleep syndrome, and jet lag. Melatonin also has strong antioxidant properties, and an oncostatic action.
Exogenous melatonin.

Urinary 6-sulfatoxymelatonin levels and their correlations with lifestyle factors and steroid hormone levels

J Pineal Res. 2006 Mar;40(2):116-24.
Schernhammer ES,Kroenke CH,Dowsett M,Folkerd E,Hankinson SE.
Age, reproductive and menopausal factors, body mass index (BMI), alcohol consumption, smoking history, night shift work were significantly related to lower levels of melatonin, whereas parity was significantly associated with higher aMT6s levels.
6-sulfatoxymelatonin (aMT6s)

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