ReviewNutrients2017
Dietary Sources and Bioactivities of Melatonin.
Review in Nutrients, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 148 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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148 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 344 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comprehensive Effects of Melatonin Supplementation on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
- Factors influencing the effect of melatonin on sleep quality in children with autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2025Pooled it
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- The Effects of Melatonin Supplementation on Professional Football Player Performance: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- The Influence of Ketone Bodies on Circadian Processes Regarding Appetite, Sleep and Hormone Release: A Systematic Review of the Literature.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Pharmaceuticals targeting signaling pathways of endometriosis as potential new medical treatment: A review.Medicinal research reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Association Between Night-Shift Work and Cancer Risk: Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2020Pooled it
- Effects of almond consumption on sleep quality in adults: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Trial
- Effects of melatonin on advanced glycation end products, inflammation, and oxidative stress in peritoneal dialysis patients: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Associations of starchy and non-starchy vegetable intake with depression, anxiety, stress, chronotype, and sleep quality among iranian women with overweight or obesity: a cross-sectional study.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2026Article
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- Effectiveness of Melatonin-Containing Foods on Promoting Sleep: A Scoping Review.Food science & nutrition · 2026Review
- Dietary Protocols to Promote and Improve Restful Sleep: A Narrative Review.Nutrition reviews · 2026Review
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- Melatonin promotes skeletal muscle mitochondria-associated endoplasmic reticulum membrane contacts and restores organellar membrane integrity and phospholipid composition in Zücker diabetic fatty rats of both sexes.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2026Article
- The gut microbiota and sleep in infants: a focus on diurnal rhythmicity patterns.Gut microbes reports · 2026Article
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- Dietary melatonin, chronotype, and night eating syndrome in relation to sleep quality among adults.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Associations between appetite loss and psychopathology as well as gender differences in adolescents with major depressive disorders.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Insomnia is a serious worldwide health threat, affecting nearly one third of the general population. Melatonin has been reported to improve sleep efficiency and it was found that eating melatonin-rich foods could assist sleep. During the last decades, melatonin has been widely identified and qualified in various foods from fungi to animals and plants. Eggs and fish are higher melatonin-containing food groups in animal foods, whereas in plant foods, nuts are with the highest content of melatonin. Some kinds of mushrooms, cereals and germinated legumes or seeds are also good dietary sources of melatonin. It has been proved that the melatonin concentration in human serum could significantly increase after the consumption of melatonin containing food. Furthermore, studies show that melatonin exhibits many bioactivities, such as antioxidant activity, anti-inflammatory characteristics, boosting immunity, anticancer activity, cardiovascular protection, anti-diabetic, anti-obese, neuroprotective and anti-aging activity. This review summaries the dietary sources and bioactivities of melatonin, with special attention paid to the mechanisms of action.
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