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Plants picked in darkness have higher levels of melatonin (sleep hormone) in them than plants picked in daylight according to one study.


Do you have a citation for that? Google scholar isn't turning anything up for me, and I'm interested.


Maybe this? "Melatonin synthesis in rice seedlings in vivo is enhanced at high temperatures and under dark conditions due to increased serotonin N-acetyltransferase and N-acetylserotonin methyltransferase activities"

https://doi.org/10.1111/jpi.12111


"The opposite effect occurred during the night, in which the positive effect of darkness on melatonin synthesis was counteracted by the negative effect of a low temperature."

Seems suspect.




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