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bradykinin

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bradykinin [¦brād·i′kī·nən]
(biochemistry)
C50H73N15O11A polypeptide kinin; forms an amorphous precipitate in glacial acetic acid; released from plasma precursors by plasmin; acts as a vasodilator. Also known as callideic I; kallidin I.


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Chi, "Structure-Function Studies on the Bradykinin Potentiating Peptide from Chinese Snake Venom (Agkistrodon halys Pallas)," Peptides 6 (Suppl.
Urticaria occurs following release of histamine, bradykinin, kallikrein, and other vasoactive substances from mast cells and basophils, resulting in intradermal edema from capillary and venous vasodilation and occasionally from leukocyte infiltration.
 
 
 
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