Mellanby and Twort have isolated from the fæces a bacillus which is able to produce from one of the amino acids normally formed in digestion of proteins a highly active body, histamine.
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Histamine
//ˈhɪstəmiːn//
Synonyms for "histamine"
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22 translations across 21 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- histamina noun (an amine)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 組胺 /组胺 noun (an amine)
Czech
1 entries- histamin noun (an amine)
Esperanto
1 entries- histamino noun (an amine)
Finnish
1 entries- histamiini noun (an amine)
French
1 entries- histamine noun (an amine)
Georgian
1 entries- ჰისტამინი noun (an amine)
German
1 entries- Histamin noun (an amine)
Greek
1 entries- ισταμίνη noun (an amine)
Hungarian
1 entries- hisztamin noun (an amine)
Icelandic
2 entries- histamín noun (an amine)
- lostefni noun (an amine)
Ido
1 entries- histamino noun (an amine)
Italian
1 entries- istamina noun (an amine)
Japanese
1 entries- ヒスタミン noun (an amine)
Polish
1 entries- histamina noun (an amine)
Portuguese
1 entries- histamina noun (an amine)
Romanian
1 entries- histamină noun (an amine)
Russian
1 entries- гистами́н noun (an amine)
Spanish
1 entries- histamina noun (an amine)
Swedish
1 entries- histamin noun (an amine)
Turkish
1 entries- histamin noun (an amine)
Sample sentences
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The intake of food triggers a release of histamine, which activates the acid-secreting cells.
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In a strongly ripened cheese, the casein proteins are broken down to amino acids, and the amino acids can be broken down into amines, small molecules that can serve as chemical signals in the human body. Histamine and tyramine are found in large quantities in Cheddar, blue, Swiss, and Dutch-style cheeses, and can cause a rise in blood pressure, headaches, and rashes in people who are especially sensitive to them.
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