Best of Series - What You Need to Know About Melatonin
Dr. Joseph Mercola - Take Control of Your Health
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The Half-Life of Melatonin in the Blood
The half-life of melatonin in the blood is about 40 minutes. Melatonin's children are light-wise scavengers, so it has a generational effect. Under conditions of high oxidative stress, they're very short because it's a minute. For example, we did some experiments before we discovered melatonin as an antioxidant.
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