Are the proposed benefits of melatonin-rich foods too hard to swallow?

DJ Kennaway - Critical reviews in food science and nutrition, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Melatonin has been proposed as a potent anti-oxidant, and its presence in many plants and
foods has been suggested to be beneficial for health. Indeed, the concentrations of …

Melatonin rich foods in our diet: food for thought or wishful thinking?

DJ Kennaway - Food & function, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Melatonin continues to generate interest in the scientific community and the general public.
In recent years, there has been growing interest in the possibility that melatonin present in …

Plant-derived melatonin from food: a gift of nature

G Cheng, T Ma, Z Deng, G Gutiérrez-Gamboa, Q Ge… - Food & Function, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, people have become increasingly interested in bioactive ingredients from
plants, especially antioxidant molecules such as melatonin, which are beneficial to human …

Relationship between food consumption and improvements in circulating melatonin in humans: an integrative review

GA Pereira, AL Gomes Domingos… - Critical Reviews in Food …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Melatonin is an important hormone in the regulation of circadian rhythms and has great
antioxidant power. Recent studies have demonstrated the benefits of its supplementation in …

Melatonin in medicinal and food plants: Occurrence, bioavailability, and health potential for humans

B Salehi, F Sharopov, PVT Fokou, A Kobylinska… - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Melatonin is a widespread molecule among living organisms involved in multiple biological,
hormonal, and physiological processes at cellular, tissue, and organic levels. It is well …

Analysis of melatonin in foods

MC Garcia-Parrilla, E Cantos, AM Troncoso - Journal of food composition …, 2009 - Elsevier
Melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytriptamine), a neurohormone produced by the pineal gland,
has recently been reported in foods, mainly of plant origin. Literature concerning the …

Phytomelatonin, natural melatonin from plants as a novel dietary supplement: Sources, activities and world market

MB Arnao, J Hernández-Ruiz - Journal of Functional Foods, 2018 - Elsevier
Melatonin generated by higher plants is called phytomelatonin. In addition to the extensive
physiological actions that melatonin and phytomelatonin show in animals and plants …

Melatonin in plants

RJ Reiter, DX Tan, S Burkhardt… - Nutrition …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Once thought to be exclusively a molecule of the animal kingdom, melatonin has now been
found to exist in plants as well. Among a number of actions, melatonin is a direct free radical …

Melatonin identified in meats and other food stuffs: potentially nutritional impact

DX Tan, BM Zanghi, LC Manchester… - Journal of pineal …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Melatonin has been identified in primitive photosynthetic bacteria, fungi, plants, and animals
including humans. Vegetables, fruits, cereals, wine, and beers all contain melatonin …

Dietary intake of melatonin from tropical fruit altered urinary excretion of 6-sulfatoxymelatonin in healthy volunteers

NP Johns, J Johns, S Porasuphatana… - Journal of agricultural …, 2013 - ACS Publications
This study assessed the melatonin content of six tropical fruits and examined whether
human consumption could contribute to dietary melatonin as measured by 6 …