From:
sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2004-10-20 18:11:11 UTC
Subject: RE: melatonin questions
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <4686588.1098295871067.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
I do not know if the peak has been studied in ferrets but in your typical European or North American adult studied peak production by the pineal was about 3 a.m. (Remember that artificial light exposure should be shifting that later than the norm without the exposure.)
The pineal produces it in response to enough darkness.
Neat compound, melatonin, great antioxidant and also has anti-malignancy properties for hormonally related malignancies in mammals studied...