“脑白金”,又叫降(褪)黑素,商品名有时简称MT,从麦来桃宁(melatonin)缩写而成,其化学名为5—甲氧,N—乙酰色胺。自从1958年被发现后,这种由松果体(腺)产生的神经内分泌控制系统的重要成分越来越受到生物、医学、制药工程及商界的关注,也打破了原来认为哺乳动物松果体是一种退化器官的旧观点,从而成为市场热销产品。 “Cerebral Platinum”, also known as descending (fading) melanin, sometimes referred to as MT, is abbreviated from melatonin and its chemical name is 5-methoxyl, N-acetyltryptamine. Since being discovered in 1958, this important component of the neuroendocrine control system produced by the pineal gland (gland) has received increasing attention from biology, medicine, pharmaceutical engineering, and the business community. It also broke the original view of the mammalian pineal gland. It is an old view of a degenerative organ that has become a hot product in the market.