Melatonin ihomoni inovanzwa nemhuka dzinoyamwisa uye pineal gland yehuropi hwemunhu, uye ine akasiyana mabasa ebhaibheri, anosanganisira kudzora kurara nekumuka kutenderera, antioxidant, anti-kuzvimba, uye neuroprotective.Basa guru re melatonin nderekukurudzira kurara, kuyeuchidza vanhu kuti inguva yekurara, uye kupfupisa nguva yekurara nekuvandudza kunaka kwekurara.Mukuwedzera, inewo ine simba re antioxidant effect, iyo inogona kubvisa mahara radicals mumuviri uye kudzivirira masero kubva kune oxidative kukuvara.Panguva imwecheteyo, melatonin inewo anti-inflammatory effects, inogona kuderedza kuzvimba, kubvisa marwadzo uye kuzvimba nezvimwe zviratidzo, uye ine imwe mhedzisiro pakurapa arthritis, gout uye kurwadziwa kusingaperi.