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unusual facts about histamine



Casomorphin

Casein has been documented to break down in the stomach to produce the peptide casomorphin (above stated that "Human digestion may break down casomorphins into inactive dipeptides by the enzyme dipeptidyl peptidase-4"), an opioid that acts as a histamine releaser.

Georgetown University Medical Center

The anti-histamine Allegra was created by Dr. Raymond Woosley, former chairman of the Department of Pharmacology.

H3 receptor antagonist

An H3-receptor antagonist is a classification of drugs used to block the action of histamine at the Histamine agonist

Betahistine is a weak Histamine1 agonist but a very strong Histamine3 antagonist that is used to treat vertigo.

Mast cell leukemia

Histidine decarboxylase (HDC) is the enzyme that catalyzes the reaction which produces histamine from histidine.

Zactane

Famotidine, a histamine H2-receptor antagonist that inhibits stomach acid production


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