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Bradikinin

Bradikinin (English Bradykinin; Greek bradys – slow + Greek kineo – I move, I induce) – the polypeptide forming at activation of kallikrein-kinin system of blood from group of kinin; bradikinin raises a stroke output of ventricles of heart, increases permeability of capillaries, reduces a vascular tone; at excess emergence causes emergence of a bronchospasm, arterial hypotension, pain; treats mediators of allergic reactions of immediate type.

 
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