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Study shows melatonin, commonly used to improve sleep, can aggravate bowel inflammation
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Study shows melatonin, commonly used to improve sleep, can aggravate bowel inflammation

by Ricardo Muniz, FAPESP Melatonin (MLT) potentiates the acute inflammation in experimental colitis. Intestinal inflammation was induced by exposure to 3% dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) in drinking water for 7 days. (A) Mice were treated with MLT (10 mg/Kg) by gavage, from day 3 to 6, and euthanized on day 7 for sample collection (second experimental protocol)....