cortisol Biochem.
(ˈkɔːrtɪsɒl)
[f. cortisone + -ol.]
= hydrocortisone.
| 1953 C. W. Shoppee in Ann. Rev. Biochem. XXII. 288 Cortisol, a name which seems convenient and preferable to hydrocortisone (by elimination of confusion with 4, 5-dihydrocortisone), is the only substance which appears to possess therapeutic activity equivalent to that of cortisone. 1962 New Scientist 8 Mar. 575/1 Cortisol, another steroid produced by the adrenal cortex. 1964 L. Martin Clinical Endocrinol. (ed. 4) v. 166 The C21 steroids cortisol, cortisone and corticosterone..have their predominant effects upon carbohydrate and protein metabolism. |