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Abstract
A nonapeptide messenger that is enzymatically produced from KALLIDIN in the blood where it is a potent but short-lived agent of arteriolar dilation and increased capillary permeability. Bradykinin is also released from MAST CELLS during asthma attacks, from gut walls as a gastrointestinal vasodilator, from damaged tissues as a pain signal, and may be a neurotransmitter.
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- Arg-Pro-Pro-Gly-Phe-Ser-Pro-Phe-Arg
- Arg Pro Pro Gly Phe Ser Pro Phe Arg
- Bradykinin Acetate, (9-D-Arg)-Isomer
- Bradykinin Diacetate
- Bradykinin Hydrochloride
- Bradykinin Triacetate
- Bradykinin, (1-D-Arg)-Isomer
- Bradykinin, (2-D-Pro)-Isomer
- Bradykinin, (2-D-Pro-3-D-Pro-7-D-Pro)-Isomer
- Bradykinin, (2-D-Pro-7-D-Pro)-Isomer
- Bradykinin, (3-D-Pro)-Isomer
- Bradykinin, (3-D-Pro-7-D-Pro)-Isomer
- Bradykinin, (5-D-Phe)-Isomer
- Bradykinin, (5-D-Phe-8-D-Phe)-Isomer
- Bradykinin, (6-D-Ser)-Isomer
- Bradykinin, (7-D-Pro)-Isomer
- Bradykinin, (8-D-Phe)-Isomer
- Bradykinin, (9-D-Arg)-Isomer
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Bradykinin. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001920. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001920
- Bradykinin. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79311240