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Melatonin-dose for anti-aging

David Gore dgore at peak.org
Tue Dec 5 11:54:06 EST 1995


In article <49sjqc$6hb at maureen.teleport.com>, jor at teleport.com says...
>
>Kevin Goldstein (keving at primenet.com) wrote:
>
>
>: I'm still not clear on how much total melatonin they get: am I to assume 
that 
>: they drink a liter of water a day? (!!!) Without knowing how much they 
drink 
>: in a night, I can't calculate their dosage in mg/kg.
>
>        Kevin - You're right, there's no way to calculate how much they
>are getting when using this delivery method.  Maestroni in Switzerland
>just completed a study in which he gave mice melatonin by injection. I'll
>e-mail him and ask what dose he was using.
>        Jo
Why not weigh the water each evening and each morning? The difference would 
be how much water they drank (you may have to allow for some evaporation).
Dave Gore





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