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“In man, histamine is inactivated either by direct oxidative deamination, catalyzed by diamine oxidase ( DAO , EC 1.4.3.6), or by ring methylation, catalyzed by histamineN-methyltransferase (HNMT, EC 2.1.1.8) [1].”
“The monobasic fatty acids from valeric to dodecanoic inhibit the anaphylactic release of histamine , and the concentration needed to produce 50 per cent inhibition decreases with increasing chain length.”