Dzina la Chingerezi: Melatonin
CAS NO: 73-31-4;Fomula ya mamolekyulu: CMtengo wa 13H16N2O2
Melatonin ndi gulu la indole heterocyclic.Pambuyo pa kaphatikizidwe, melatonin imasungidwa mu pineal gland.Chisangalalo chachifundo chimawongolera ma cell a pineal gland kuti atulutse melatonin.Katulutsidwe ka melatonin kamakhala ndi kamvekedwe ka circadian, kamene kamalepheretsa masana ndikuchita usiku.Melatonin ikhoza kulepheretsa hypothalamus pituitary gonadal axis, kuchepetsa zomwe zili mu gonadotropin yotulutsa timadzi, gonadotropin, hormone ya luteinizing ndi follicular estrogen, ndikuchita mwachindunji pa gonad kuchepetsa zomwe zili mu androgen, estrogen ndi progesterone.Kuphatikiza apo, melatonin ili ndi mphamvu ya neuroendocrine immunoregulation komanso kuwononga mphamvu zama radical antioxidant, zomwe zitha kukhala mankhwala atsopano oletsa ma virus.Melatonin imapangidwanso m'chiwindi, ndipo kuwonongeka kwa hepatocyte kumatha kukhudza kuchuluka kwa melatonin m'thupi.