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ReviewProfiles of drug substances, excipients, and related methodology2013

Melatonin: comprehensive profile.

Fatmah A M Al-Omary

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In one paragraph

Review in Profiles of drug substances, excipients, and related methodology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03848533 (Effect of the Administration of Melatonin and Metformin on Glycemic Control, Genotoxicity and Cytotoxicity Markers in Patients With Prediabetes), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
60.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03848533 phase2unknown statusstarted 2019, after this paper: background citation

Effect of the Administration of Melatonin and Metformin on Glycemic Control, Genotoxicity and Cytotoxicity Markers in Patients With Prediabetes: Pilot Study

Ran2019Enrolled42Registered outcomes19Posted comparisons0ConditionsPrediabetesArmsMelatonin, Metformin, Placebo
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  3. Melatonin in Wine and Beer: Beneficial Effects.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fatmah A M Al-OmaryDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. fa_omary@yahoo.com
King Saud University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This chapter includes the aspects of melatonin. The drug is synthesized in the pineal gland starting from tryptophane or synthetically by using indole as starting material. Melatonin has been used as an adjunct to interleukin-2 therapy for malignant neoplasms, as contraceptive, in the management of various forms of insomnia, to alleviate jet lag following long flights, and finally as free radical scavenger and hence as an antioxidant and an anti-inflammatory. The chapter discusses the drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics and presents various method of analysis of this drug such as biological analysis, spectroscopic analysis, and chromatographic techniques of separation. It also discusses its physical properties such as solubility characteristics, X-ray powder diffraction pattern, and thermal methods of analysis. The chapter is concluded with a discussion on its biological properties such as activity, toxicity, and safety.

Indexed as

AnimalsDrug StabilityHumansMelatoninMelatonin

Identifiers

PMID23668405
OpenAlexW59160640

What Socratic holds

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Registered trials

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