
| Mgbanwe nke ihe mejupụtara ya | Enweghị |
| Nọmba kaadị | 73-31-4 |
| Usoro Kemịkalụ | C13H16N2O2 |
| Mmiri na-agbaze | Mmiri na-agbaze |
| Nkeji edemede | Mgbakwunye |
| Ngwa | Ihe ọmụma, mgbochi mkpali |
Melatoninbụ neurohormone nke gland pineal na-emepụta n'ụbụrụ, ọkachasị n'abalị. Ọ na-akwadebe ahụ maka ụra ma a na-akpọkwa ya "hormone nke ụra" ma ọ bụ "hormone nke ọchịchịrị."Melatoninihe mgbakwunye na-abụkarịejiridị ka ihe enyemaka ụra.
Ọ bụrụ na ị nwetụla nsogbu n'ụra, o nwere ike ịbụ na ị nụla maka ihe mgbakwunye melatonin. Melatonin, nke a na-emepụta na gland pineal, bụ ihe enyemaka ụra dị irè. Mana uru ya abụghị naanị naanị elekere iri na abụọ nke abalị. N'ezie, melatonin nwere ọtụtụ uru ahụike dị mkpa karịa ụra. Ọ bụ antioxidant dị ike na hormone mgbochi mkpali nke nwere ike inye aka melite ahụike ụbụrụ, ahụike obi, ọmụmụ nwa, ahụike afọ, ahụike anya na ọtụtụ ihe ndị ọzọ! Ka anyị leba anya na uru nke melatonin na ndụmọdụ iji mee ka ọkwa melatonin dịkwuo elu n'ụzọ ebumpụta ụwa.
Melatonin bụ homonụ sitere n'okike nke sitere na amino acid tryptophan na neurotransmitter a maara dị ka serotonin. A na-emepụta ya n'okike na gland pineal, mana akụkụ ahụ ndị ọzọ dịka afọ na-emepụtakwa obere ọnụọgụ. Melatonin dị oke mkpa maka ịnọgide na-enwe usoro circadian nke ahụ gị, ka i wee nwee mmetụta ịmụrụ anya na ike n'ụtụtụ, ma na-ehi ụra n'uhuruchi. Ọ bụ ya mere ị ji enwe ọkwa melatonin dị elu n'ọbara n'abalị, ọkwa ndị a na-ebelata nke ukwuu n'ụtụtụ. Ọkwa melatonin na-ebelata n'okike ka ị na-etolite, ọ bụ ya mere ọ na-esi ike ịrahụ ụra ma zuru ike nke ọma mgbe afọ iri isii gasịrị.
Melatoninnkwadoọrụ ahụ ji alụso ọrịa ọgụ. Ọ na-enye ahụ gị ike ịlụso ọrịa ọgụ, ọrịa na ihe mgbaàmà nke ịka nká n'oge. Ọ nwekwara ike ịrụ ọrụ dị ka ihe na-akpali akpali n'ọrịa ndị na-egbochi ahụ ji alụso ọrịa ọgụ n'ihi ikike ya dị ike nke na-egbochi mbufụt.