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  1. NLM Digital Collections - Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General (pages 276-288) 
    Publication: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (U.S.), 2000
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584932X155
    ... testosterone theophilline estrogens carbamazepine caffeine insulin lithium ... THE SURGEON GENERAL REFERENCES AGD. Saliva: a spitting image of the body. ...
  2. NLM Digital Collections - Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General 
    Publication: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (U.S.), 2000
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584932X142
    ... testosterone theophilline estrogens carbamazepine caffeine insulin lithium ... THE SURGEON GENERAL REFERENCES AGD. Saliva: a spitting image of the body. ...
  3. NLM Digital Collections - Enzymatic O-Methylation of N-Acetylserotonin to Melatonin 
    Publication: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 29 April 1960
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584577X47
    Enzymatic O-Methylation of N-Acetylserotonin to Melatonin ... Melatonin ... plays a key role in the formation of melatonin by the methylation of serotonin. ... Enzymatic O-Methylation of N-Acetylserotonin to Melatonin Pineal Gland ... reported their isolation of an enzyme, hydroxyindole-O-methyl transferase ( ...
  4. Glossary | Julius Axelrod - Profiles in Science 
    https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/spotlight/hh/feature/glossary
    ... which the body metabolizes narcotics and other substances. Melatonin -- A hormone derived from serotonin and secreted by ... causes stupor, convulsions, or coma. Also used in reference to other drugs, such as LSD or marijuana, ...
  5. NLM Digital Collections - Review of intramural research (1960) 
    Publication: [Bethesda, Md.] : U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/0141176X2
    ... of serotonin leads to the pineal gland hormone, melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine). In conjunction with members ... is first acetylated and then methylated to yield melatonin. The two enzymes have been partially purified and ...
  6. NLM Digital Collections - Review of intramural research (1965) 
    Publication: [Bethesda, Md.] : U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/0141176X5
    ... biogenic amines (nor- adrenaline, adrenaline, serotonin, histamine) and melatonin. About 20 new metabolites and 10 normally occurring ... metabolism and formation of hormones (corti- coids, noradrenaline, melatonin) and physiolog- ically active compounds (histamine, serotonin) . The ...
  7. NLM Digital Collections - Annual report - National Eye Institute (1981) 
    Publication: [Bethesda, Md.] : National Eye Institute
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/7802080X10
    ... cases, 24-hour urine, levels of hormones including melatonin , Cortisol, thyroid and zinc are being determined. By ... of various retinal degenerative conditions will be elucidated. Melatonin rhythnts are being studied in individuals blinded from ...
  8. NLM Digital Collections - Noradrenaline: Fate and Control of Its Biosynthesis 
    Publication: Imprimerie Royale P. A. Norstedt & Soner, 1971
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584577X45
    ... has the unique capacity to synthesize the hormone melatonin (5-methoxy-N-acetyltryptamine) as follows: tryptophan —> 5- ... en- zyme that O-methylates indoles to form melatonin. Such an enzyme was found in the pineal ...
  9. NLM Digital Collections - Catecholamine Neurotransmitters, Psychoactive Drugs, and Biological Clocks 
    Publication: American Association of Neurological Surgeons, November 1981
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584577X15
    ... 5-methoxy N-acetylserotonin, and it was named “melatonin.” I read Lerner’s paper in the Journal of ... by several things about the chemical structure of melatonin. First, it had a methyl group attached to ...
  10. NLM Digital Collections - The Pineal Gland: A Neurochemical Transducer 
    Publication: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 28 June 1974
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584577X1
    ... Transducer Chemical signals from nerves regulate synthesis of melatonin and convey information about internal clocks. The pineal ... iso- lation and identification of the indole- amine melatonin (5-methoxy-N-acetyl- The author is chief ...
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