Possible Protective Role of Melatonin in Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Neurodevelopmental Pathologies Molina Carballo, Antonio Jerez Calero, Antonio Emilio Muñoz Hoyos, Antonio Melatonin Inflammatory disorders COVID-19 Neurodevelopmental pathologies Children Melatonin, produced in every cell that possesses mitochondria, acts as an endogenous free radical scavenger, and improves energetic metabolism and immune function, by complex molecular crosstalk with other intracellular compounds. There is greatly increasing evidence regarding beneficial effects of acute and chronic administration of high melatonin doses, in infectious, developmental, and degenerative pathologies, as an endothelial cell and every cell protectant. 2021-02-11T13:28:14Z 2021-02-11T13:28:14Z 2020-09-23 journal article Molina-Carballo, A., Jerez-Calero, A. E., & Muñoz-Hoyos, A. (2020). Possible Protective Role of Melatonin in Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Neurodevelopmental Pathologies. Journal of Child Science, 10(01), e104-e109 [https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1716713] http://hdl.handle.net/10481/66476 10.1055/s-0040-1716713 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ open access Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España Georg Thieme Verlag