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Melatonin
Circadin, Slenyto (melatonin) is a small molecule pharmaceutical. Melatonin was first approved as Circadin on 2007-06-29. It is used to treat jet lag syndrome and seasonal affective disorder in the USA. It has been approved in Europe to treat autistic disorder and sleep initiation and maintenance disorders. The pharmaceutical is active against melatonin receptor type 1A and melatonin receptor type 1B. In addition, it is known to target 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 2B and ribosyldihydronicotinamide dehydrogenase [quinone].
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MeSH
nervous system diseasesD009422
signs and symptoms pathological conditionsD013568
mental disordersD001523
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Ontology
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ICD-10
jet lag syndrome—D020179G47.25
seasonal affective disorder—D016574—
Agency Specific
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ATC Codes
N: Nervous system drugs
— N05: Psycholeptics
— N05C: Hypnotics and sedatives
— N05CH: Melatonin receptor agonists, hypnotics and sedatives
— N05CH01: Melatonin
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Clinical Trials
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Indications Phases 4
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DeliriumD003693R41.02644821
Circadian rhythm sleep disordersD020178G47.23233617
Sleep wake disordersD012893G47—624314
AnxietyD001007EFO_0005230F41.12232411
Postoperative painD010149G89.1821—2510
Oxidative stressD018384EFO_10019051—2159
Healthy volunteers/patients—3——137
Attention deficit disorder with hyperactivityD001289EFO_0003888F90112216
Parkinson diseaseD010300EFO_0002508G20—31216
SchizophreniaD012559EFO_0000692F20—11114
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Indications Phases 3
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Hiv infectionsD015658EFO_0000764B20222—1318
Sleep initiation and maintenance disordersD007319F51.01244—413
Sexually transmitted diseasesD012749A50-A64—21—1012
Covid-19D000086382U07.1—51—611
SleepD012890GO_0030431121—710
NeoplasmsD009369C80143—410
DepressionD003863F33.9—54—39
Breast neoplasmsD001943EFO_0003869C50272——9
ObesityD009765EFO_0001073E66.9—11—68
EpilepsyD004827EFO_0000474G40.9—23—26
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HivD006678O98.7—1——1213
HypertensionD006973EFO_0000537I1023——510
PainD010146EFO_0003843R5224——16
BlindnessD001766HP_0000618H53.12—1——56
Cognitive dysfunctionD060825G31.84—1——34
Head and neck neoplasmsD006258—1——34
Reperfusion injuryD01542712———3
Chronobiology disordersD02108111——23
Multiple sclerosisD009103EFO_0003885G3511——23
Metabolic syndromeD024821EFO_0000195E88.8111——13
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Indications Phases 1
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Metabolic bone diseasesD001851HP_00009383————3
OsteoporosisD010024EFO_0003882M81.02———13
Obstructive sleep apneaD020181EFO_0003918G47.331———12
Insulin resistanceD007333EFO_00026141———12
Brain hypoxia-ischemiaD020925EFO_1000846P91.61———12
Type 1 diabetes mellitusD003922EFO_0001359E101———12
PinealomaD0108711————1
Blood pressureD001794EFO_00043251————1
Subdural hematoma chronicD0202001————1
PharmacokineticsD0105991————1
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Substance-related disordersD019966EFO_0003890F13————33
Liver transplantationD016031EFO_0010682————22
StrokeD020521EFO_0000712I63.9————22
Circadian rhythmD002940EFO_0004354————22
GenesD005796————22
Chronic fatigue syndromeD015673EFO_0004540G93.31————22
Consciousness disordersD003244————22
Risk-takingD012309————22
Health behaviorD015438————22
Colorectal neoplasmsD015179————22
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Epidemiology
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Drug
General
Drug common nameMELATONIN
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Description
Melatonin is a member of the class of acetamides that is acetamide in which one of the hydrogens attached to the nitrogen atom is replaced by a 2-(5-methoxy-1H-indol-3-yl)ethyl group. It is a hormone secreted by the pineal gland in humans. It has a role as a hormone, an anticonvulsant, an immunological adjuvant, a radical scavenger, a central nervous system depressant, a human metabolite, a mouse metabolite and a geroprotector. It is a member of acetamides and a member of tryptamines. It is functionally related to a tryptamine.
Classification
Small molecule
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Structure (InChI/SMILES or Protein Sequence)
COc1ccc2[nH]cc(CCNC(C)=O)c2c1
Identifiers
PDB4QOG
CAS-ID73-31-4
RxCUI6711
ChEMBL IDCHEMBL45
ChEBI ID16796
PubChem CID896
DrugBankDB01065
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Target
Agency Approved
MTNR1A
MTNR1A
MTNR1B
MTNR1B
Organism
Homo sapiens
Gene name
MTNR1A
Gene synonyms
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Protein name
melatonin receptor type 1A
Protein synonyms
mel1a receptor
Uniprot ID
Mouse ortholog
Mtnr1a (17773)
melatonin receptor type 1A (Q61184)
Alternate
HTR2B
HTR2B
NQO2
NQO2
Organism
Homo sapiens
Gene name
HTR2B
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NCBI Gene ID
Protein name
5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 2B
Protein synonyms
5-HT 2B receptor, 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) receptor 2B, G protein-coupled, 5-hydroxytryptamine 2B receptor, Serotonin receptor 2B
Uniprot ID
Mouse ortholog
Htr2b (15559)
5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 2B (Q9QWS2)
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