Melatonin Uptake by Cells: An Answer to Its Relationship with Glucose?
Melatonin, N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine, is an indole mainly synthesized from tryptophan in the pineal gland and secreted exclusively during the night in all the animals reported to date. While the pineal gland is the major source responsible for this night rise, it is not at all the exclusive produ...
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MDPI AG
2018-08-01
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Series: | Molecules |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/23/8/1999 |