Cyclic hexapeptide analogs of bradykinin, based on a folded receptor-bound model of bradykinin, were found to be able to antagonize the action of bradykinin at its B2 bradykinin receptor. The best of these, cyclo(D-Lys(Arg)-Phe-Ser-D-Tic-Oic-Arg) [compound 17], has affinities at the human and rat B2 bradykinin receptors of 230 and 8.5 nM, respectively, This potency is significant, since the analogs lack the C-terminal carboxylate group, residues 2-4 and the important interaction of Phe 5. These constrained analogs may serve as tools for the determination of the receptor-bound conformation of antagonists at the bradykinin receptor and for the design of even smaller and more potent antagonist analogs.