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Re:Melatonin: Much More Than You Wanted to Know (2018) by joelrunyon on Monday September 06, 2021 @02:18AM (#28430969)
It's referenced in the article - https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/86/10/4727/2849013

In general - I'm surprised people take melatonin so casually without realizing that it's a hormone - not a mineral or amino acid like other sleep aids - https://impossible.co/blogs/health/melatonin-side-effects

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Re:Melatonin: Much More Than You Wanted to Know (2018) by oiadscient on Monday September 06, 2021 @08:01AM (#28432841)
It’s not a hormone. It’s an antioxidant.
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Re:Melatonin: Much More Than You Wanted to Know (2018) by joelrunyon on Monday September 06, 2021 @02:43PM (#28436684)
This type of comment isn't helpful.

A hormone describes the type of compound something is. An antioxidant describes its behavior. They're not mutually exclusive.

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Re:Melatonin: Much More Than You Wanted to Know (2018) by detaro on Monday September 06, 2021 @08:03AM (#28432850)
It's both.
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Re:Melatonin: Much More Than You Wanted to Know (2018) by oiadscient on Monday September 06, 2021 @08:15AM (#28432927)
Out of the 3 billion years it is mostly a multitasking antioxidant. Sleep is only a small portion of what the molecule does.
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Re:Melatonin: Much More Than You Wanted to Know (2018) by veidr on Monday September 06, 2021 @09:18AM (#28433357)
I tried not to downvote your comments but "this molecule has existed for 3,000,000,000 years" is completely unrelated to whether it is a hormone — it is a hormone that is emitted by every normal human's pineal gland in the brain every night.

Whatever else it might be... you should stop.

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