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Date: 10 Oct 1995 18:03:22 -0700
From: Mark A. McWilliams <mmcwilli at USIBR01.USI.EDU>
To: ageing at net.bio.net
Subject: melatonin safety
To whom it may concern,
I was looking for someone to correspond to about questions I had
about melatonin. The questions I had are: How is melatonin supplements
produced? I've been reading various books and articles on melatonin and
I've discovered something very shocking. Melatonin is a by-product of
the amino acid tryptophan, right! The supplement tryptophan has been
banned do to bad side effects produced by making synthetic tryptophan.
What if they made melatonin out of synthetically produced tryptophan?
Would that pose a health hazard? Just wondering.
Please send response to:mmcwilli at risc.usi.edu
