Vol. 45 (3) 2024 Neuro endocrinology letters

Impact of an over-the-counter "sleep lotion" on human salivary melatonin levels and sleep quality: a randomized controlled trial.

OBJECTIVE: To compare the impact of a commercial "sleep lotion" versus a placebo control lotion on salivary melatonin and sleep quality. METHODS: The presence of melatonin in the lotion was confirmed and quantitated with High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). In this randomized, controlled, double-blind crossover t.....