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Melatonin: Structural characterization of its non-enzymatic mono-oxygenate metabolite

Maria Concetta NatoliDavid BongiornoGiuseppe AvelloneLuisa TesoriereFelice FilizzolaMaria A. LivreaPasquale AgozzinoLeopoldo Ceraulo

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Magnetic Resonance SpectroscopyHypochlorous acidChemistryStereochemistryMetaboliteStructureMetaboliteNuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopyMass spectrometryMass Spectrometrychemistry.chemical_compoundEndocrinologyReagentMass spectraMass spectrumSpectroscopyTwo-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy1D and 2D nuclear magnetic resonanceNuclear chemistryMelatonin

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Oxidation of melatonin by Fenton reagents as well as with hypochlorous acid or oxoferryl hemoglobin has been investigated. Analysis of products by low resolution/mass spectra (MS), high resolution/MS, 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), 13C-NMR, correlated spectroscopy (COSY) and heterocorrelated spectroscopy (HETCOR) 2D NMR reveals the formation of a single mono-oxygenated product under all conditions and unequivocally assigns the N-[2-(5-methoxy-2-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-indol-3-yl)-ethyl]-acetamide structure, which had not been previously considered.

10.1034/j.1600-079x.2003.00086.xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10447/243627