The effect of melatonin supplementation on the plasma levels of 2-arachidonoylglycerol, ghrelin and hedonic eating intensity in overweight/obese females: A study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial

• Malihe Karamizadeh,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

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• Azadeh Khalilitehrani,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

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• Neda Lotfi Yagin,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Endocrine Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

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• Marzieh Akbarzadeh,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nutrition Research Center, School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

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• Reza Mahdavi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mahdavir@tbzmed.ac.ir (RM); pourghassemb@tbzmed.ac.ir (BPG)

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Diet Therapy, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Nutrition Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

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• Bahram Pourghassem Gargari

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mahdavir@tbzmed.ac.ir (RM); pourghassemb@tbzmed.ac.ir (BPG)

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Diet Therapy, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Nutrition Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7667-099X

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