TY - BOOK AU - Mira Adel Maurice Behnam AU - Darius Pawel Zlotos , TI - Synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of homomelatonin and 1-benzylmelatonin analogs as ligands for metatonin receptors / PY - 2011/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mira Adel Maurice Behnam , N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - German University - Faculty of Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research - Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry N2 - The neurohormone melatonin exerts its diverse physiological actions mainly through activation of two G - protein - coupled receptors MT₁ and MT₂ . Extensive SAR - studies have been carried out revealing both the methoxy group in position 5 , and the ethylacetamide side chain in position 3 to be essential for high binding to both melatonin receptors UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -