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Mechanistic evidence atlas. Scores summarise biological direction and magnitude. They are not a toxicity rank or a human-risk number.

Compounds

Melatonin

Melatonin

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Category
hormone · Endogenous hormone / pharmaceutical
Record
specific compound · in current use
Identifiers
CAS 73-31-4 · C13H16N2O2
Aliases
5-methoxy-N-acetyltryptamine, N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine

Endogenous pineal hormone and a pharmaceutical used for sleep. High MT1/MT2 activity is physiological. Developmental reproductive effects of long-term childhood use are not established in this seed.

Flags: pharmaceutical · endogenous

Phase-1 numbers are seed hypotheses. They are not curated consensus, not a toxicity total, and not a statement of human risk. Association is not written as causation.

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