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A definition or brief description of Kinins.

These peptides are autacoids that act locally to produce pain, vasodilatation, increased vascular permeability, and the synthesis of prostaglandins.

This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2024), Kinins (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.