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... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Adrenal Cortex Hormones > Hydroxycorticosteroids > 11-Hydroxycorticosteroids > Hydrocortisone
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Pregnanes > Pregnenes > Pregnenediones > Hydrocortisone

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Hydrocortisone  

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  • Cortisol
  • Pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione, 11,17,21-trihydroxy-, (11beta)-

Scope note

  • The main glucocorticoid secreted by the ADRENAL CORTEX. Its synthetic counterpart is used, either as an injection or topically, in the treatment of inflammation, allergy, collagen diseases, asthma, adrenocortical deficiency, shock, and some neoplastic conditions.

History note

  • /adv eff-pois-tox was HYDROCORTISONE TOXICOLOGY 1963-65

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006854

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