title: A kinin model of mediation for food and chemical sensitivities: biobehavioral implications.
abstract: The plasma peptide hormone bradykinin is hypothesized to be a major mediator of the multiple-system functional symptomatology of adverse food and other chemical reactions. It is postulated that native foods as organic chemicals could act cumulatively with other stresses to mobilize directly the kinin-forming enzyme system.
mesh_terms: D001519:Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000503:physiopathology; D007705:Kinins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009802:Oculomotor Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D007705:Kinins; D001920:Bradykinin