Table 2: Melatonin sources (Hardeland and Pandi-Perumal, 2005).

Melatonin sourceMelatonin content [ng/g]
Feverfew, fresh leaf > 1,300
Feverfew, dried leaf >7,000
Almond seed 39
Pimpinella peregrina, dried root 38
Sunflower seed 29
Fennel seed 28
Lemon verbena, young plant 22
Balm mint, young plant 16
Green cardamom seed 15
Art cherry, Montmorency, fruit 15–18
Anise seed 7
Tall fescue seed 5
oat seed 1.8
Indian corn seed 1.3
Rice seed 1
Red radish root tuber 0.6
Japanese radish , stem and leaves 0.6
Tomato fruit 0.5
Ginger tuber 0.5
Banana fruit 0.5

 

Melatonin data sources and references:

Rüdiger Hardeland and SR Pandi-Perumal. Melatonin, a potent agent in antioxidative defense: Actions as a natural food constituent, gastrointestinal factor, drug and prodrug. Nutrition & Metabolism 2005, 2:22 doi:10.1186/1743-7075-2-22 ---(Table 2 )

Russel J. Reiter and Dan-Xian Tan. 2002. Melatonin: An antioxidant in edible plant. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 957: 341-344. (Table 1)

S. J Konturek, P. C. Konturek, T. Brzozowski. 2006. Melatonin in gastroprotection against stress-inuduced acute gastric lesions and in healing of chronic gastric ulcers. Journal of physiology and pharmacology, 57( Suppl 5): 51-66.

Guofang Chen, Yushu Huo, Dun-Xian Tan, Zhen Liang, Weibing Zhang, Yukui Zhang. 2003. Melatonin in Chinese medicinal herbs. Life Sciences, 73: 19-26.