C50H73N15O11

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  bradykinin \bra`dy*ki"nin\ n.
     a hypotensive tissue hormone ({C50H73N15O11}) which acts on
     smooth muscle, dilates peripheral vessels and increases
     capillary permeability. It is formed locally in injured
     tissue and is believed to play a role in the inflammatory
     process. It is a nonapeptide with the sequence:


     Arg-Pro-Pro-Gly-Phe-Ser-Pro-Phe-Arg. --MI11
  
     Syn: kallidin I; callidin I; kallidin-9.
          [PJC]