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1 Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, University of Goettingen, DE
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Journal of Endocrinology and Reproduction, Vol 7, No 1&2 (2003), Pagination: 21-22
Abstract
Melatonin, by virtue of its radical scavenging and electron-donating properties, can be oxidized by various enzymatic and non-enzymatic mechanisms. Apart form 6-hydroxymelatonin, cycle 3-hydroxymelatonin and some unidentified substances, a major product, AFMK (=N1-acetyl-N2-formyl-5 mehoxykynuramine), is formed by pyrrole-ring cleavage.