Product Overview
Melatonin is an indoleamine that has traditionally been considered only a sleep hormone in humans. Recently it has been found to naturally occur in plants and has shown attributes which could categorize it as an auxin. It has roles in in plant defense, and stress. This product is suitable for plant cell culture. CAS NO. 73-31-4.
Applications
Melatonin has been administered to experimental animals for following studies:
To determine if long-term melatonin administration is able to induce reproductive changes and how melatonin exerts its protective action related to lipid oxidation and antioxidant activities in the rat ovary during ovulation;
To determine the effect of melatonin on endoplasmic reticulum stress and sirtuin 1 expression in neuronal cells of newborn rats after hypoxia–ischemia;
To study the effect of melatonin on chronic stress-induced gut dysfunction in stressed mice.
Storage
Store at -20 centigrade.
Synonyms
N-Acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine
Solubility
Ethanol, soluble at 50 mg/mL
Molecular Formula
C13H16N2O2.
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