Experiment 626304
Worktypes
Compounds isolated
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Empty organism |
| Citation | KABUTO,M:. (1997). DAYTIME MELATONIN IN POSTMENOPAUSAL JAPANESE-AMERICAN WOMEN.. 1997() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | THIS STUDY EXAMD. WHETHER MELATONIN IS INVOLVED IN REGULATING ESTROGEN STATUS IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN, WHOSE ESTROGEN STATUS IS NO LONGER REGULATED BY THE PITUITARY-GONADAL AXIS OR LH/FSH BUT DEPENDS ON ANDROGENS PRODUCED BY THE ADRENAL. TO THIS END, MELATONIN LEVELS IN SERA WERE DETD. IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN SELECTED RANDOMLY FROM JAPANESE-AMERICANS AND CAUCASIANS. RESULTS SUPPORT THE VIEW THAT DAYTIME URINARY MELATONIN LEVEL CAN BE USED TO EST. TOTAL MELATONIN PRODN. THIS WOULD MAKE POSSIBLE THE STUDY OF RELATIONSHIP OF MELATONIN TO BREAST CANCER RISK. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Gender | FEMALE |