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Melatonin (N-acetyl-5-Methoxytryptamine)

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Dietary Supplements

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Abstract

Melatonin was isolated in the late 1950s and had been administered intravenously by 1960. Studies of its sedative/hypnotic effects soon followed (Dawson and Encel, 1993). Melatonin promotion to the public began in the mid-1990s.

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Sullivan, A., Cupp, M.J., Tracy, T.S. (2003). Melatonin (N-acetyl-5-Methoxytryptamine). In: Cupp, M.J., Tracy, T.S. (eds) Dietary Supplements. Forensic Science and Medicine. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-303-3_17

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