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Melatonin

French translation: mélatonine

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English term or phrase:melatonin
French translation:mélatonine
Entered by: Brigitte Gendebien

15:31 Apr 2, 2002
English to French translations [PRO]
Medical / botanical
English term or phrase: Melatonin
Melatonin is used to treat insomnia.
Martine Dougé
United States
Local time: 12:28
mélatonine
Explanation:

Déf. :
Amine formée dans l'épiphyse à partir de la N-acétyl sérotonine, grâce à une enzyme spécifique de cette glande : l'HIOMT (5 hydroxy-indol-O-méthyl transférase).

Note(s) :
La mélatonine aurait deux propriétés : 1) inhiber certains facteurs de libération (releasing hormones), en particulier ceux responsables de la stimulation des gonadotrophines; 2) agir comme antagoniste de la MSH au niveau des mélanocytes
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GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 18:28
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4 +7mélatonine
GILLES MEUNIER
4 +2mélatonine
Florence Bremond


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
mélatonine


Explanation:

Déf. :
Amine formée dans l'épiphyse à partir de la N-acétyl sérotonine, grâce à une enzyme spécifique de cette glande : l'HIOMT (5 hydroxy-indol-O-méthyl transférase).

Note(s) :
La mélatonine aurait deux propriétés : 1) inhiber certains facteurs de libération (releasing hormones), en particulier ceux responsables de la stimulation des gonadotrophines; 2) agir comme antagoniste de la MSH au niveau des mélanocytes
GDT

GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 18:28
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 75574

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudia Iglesias
2 mins
agree  Jean-Luc Dumont
11 mins
agree  Angélique Allamando
15 mins
agree  Geneviève von Levetzow
29 mins
agree  Catherine GUILLIAUMET: lutterait également contre le vieillissement
30 mins
agree  DPolice
44 mins
agree  ohlala (X)
53 mins
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
mélatonine


Explanation:
http://www.stopvieillesse.com/megatonin/megatonin.htm

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Note added at 2002-04-02 15:36:43 (GMT)
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ps : it\'s not a plant, it\'s an hormonal substance

Florence Bremond
France
Local time: 18:28
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 1739

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudia Iglesias
0 min
agree  Geneviève von Levetzow
28 mins
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