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.
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