Melatonin: A review of its physiopathological and therapeutic relationship with parasitic diseases

RJ Cardenas, L Chacín-Bonilla… - Melatonin …, 2023 - melaonin-research.com
Melatonin (MEL), an indoleamine hormone synthesized in almost all organisms including
humans, has been the object of a considerable body of research due to its pleiotropic …

Potential relevance of melatonin against some infectious agents: a review and assessment of recent research

E Kotb Elmahallawy, J Ortega Luque… - Current medicinal …, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
Melatonin, a tryptophan-derived neurohormone found in animals, plants, and microbes,
participates in various biological and physiological functions. Among other properties …

Melatonin: A look at protozoal and helminths

PIR Franco, JR do Carmo Neto, RO Guerra… - Biochimie, 2024 - Elsevier
Melatonin is a pleiotropic neurohormone found in different animal, plant, and microorganism
species. It is a product resulting from tryptophan metabolism in the pineal gland and is …

[PDF][PDF] Should melatonin be considered a complementary or alternative therapy against parasitic infections

L Chacín-Bonilla, JR Vielma, E Bonilla - Epidemiol, 2014 - academia.edu
Melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine)(MEL) is an indolerelated neurohormone secreted
mainly by the pineal gland. Although MEL freely diffuses across all biological membranes …

[HTML][HTML] The potential use of melatonin to treat protozoan parasitic infections: A review

A Daryani, M Montazeri, AS Pagheh, M Sharif… - Biomedicine & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine) is a circadian hormone produced in
vertebrates by the pineal gland and other organs. Melatonin is believed to influence immune …

Role of Melatonin in Viral, Bacterial and Parasitic Infections

GJM Maestroni - Biomolecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
In all mammals, the circulating pool of MLTs is synthesized in the pineal gland during the
night's darkness hours. Its main function is synchronizing the organism in the photoperiod. In …

The role of melatonin in parasite biology

P Bagnaresi, M Nakabashi, AP Thomas… - Molecular and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Regarded as the circadian hormone in mammals, melatonin is a highly conserved molecule,
present in nearly all species. In this review, we discuss the role of this indolamine and its …

The protective effect of melatonin in viral and bacterial infections

D Ben-Nathan, GJM Maestroni… - FRONTIERS OF …, 1997 - books.google.com
Melatonin is a hormone produced at night in the pineal gland and its production declines
with age. Plasma concentrations of melatonin gradually decline after the third decade of life …

The role of melatonin in rheumatic diseases

B Kalpakcioglu, K Senel - Infectious Disorders-Drug Targets …, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
Melatonin is a neurohormone that has attracted a great deal of attention, being frequently
investigated in recent years. Due to its wide-spectrum of properties, melatonin has been …

Melatonin: buffering the immune system

A Carrillo-Vico, PJ Lardone… - International journal of …, 2013 - mdpi.com
Melatonin modulates a wide range of physiological functions with pleiotropic effects on the
immune system. Despite the large number of reports implicating melatonin as an …