Am J Psychiatry 1985; 142:125-127
Copyright © 1985 by American Psychiatric Association
6-Sulphatoxy melatonin in melancholia
PM Boyce
The daytime and nighttime levels of 6-sulphatoxy melatonin, a metabolite of
melatonin, were measured in eight melancholic patients. Three patients did
not show a marked nocturnal increase in 6-sulphatoxy melatonin excretion.
The author discusses the relationship between melatonin and melancholia.