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Melatonin Synthesis and Function: Evolutionary History in Animals and Plants
Melatonin is an ancient molecule that can be traced back to the origin of life. Melatonin's initial function was likely that as a free radical scavenger. Melatonin presumably evolved in bacteria; it has been measured in both α-proteobacteria and in photosynthetic cyanobacteria. In early evoluti...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6481276/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31057485 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2019.00249 |