What is the difference between melanin and melatonin? Are the secrete from the same gland?

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   zitdr_02 says:

   July 26, 2010 at 5:23 am

   Melanin is the pigment produced by the melanocytes (the pigment cells in the skin). Melatonin is the hormone produced by the pineal gland of the brain, which is important in the production of sleepiness.