Normalizing effect of the pineal gland peptides on the daily melatonin rhythm in old monkeys and elderly people
Korkushko OV, Lapin BA, Goncharova ND, et al. Advances in Gerontology (Uspekhi Gerontologii) 2007;20:74-85.
What it found
Epitalon and epithalamin (a pineal gland extract) were followed by higher night-time melatonin and a more normal daily melatonin rhythm in old monkeys and in elderly people with low pineal function.
Limitations
Article in Russian; only an English abstract is available. Numbers, controls and doses are not reported in the abstract. Co-authored by Khavinson.
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