Cortisol

Vertebrate natural glucocorticoid hormone

Cortisol is a steroid hormone in the glucocorticoid class of hormones and a stress hormone. When used as medication, it is known as hydrocortisone. Cortisol is produced in many animals, mainly by the zona fasciculata of the adrenal cortex in an adrenal gland.

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