In the initial report describing bradykinin activity, 2 it was proposed that this substance might have a pathogenic function in shock because of its hypotensive properties. Subsequently, kinins have ...

The kallikrein–kinin system consists of the precursor kininogens, the proteolytic kallikrein enzymes, the kinin peptides (which are produced through cleavage of kininogens by kallikreins) and two ...

IT is increasingly evident that endogenous kinins are involved in cell division in plants. Van Overbeek 1 reviewed in 1962 their possible role in fruit development. Several investigators have ...

Kinins were studied and characterized in terms of their physiologic and pharmacologic properties long before their chemical nature was known. Their potent effects on smooth muscles were the first ...