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Cortisone is a
pregnene (21-carbon)
steroid hormone. It is a naturally-occurring
corticosteroid metabolite that is also used as a
pharmaceutical prodrug...
- 21H 30O 5),
corticosterone (C 21H 30O 4),
cortisone (C 21H 28O 5) and
aldosterone (C 21H 28O 5) (
cortisone and
aldosterone are isomers). The main corticosteroids...
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Cortisone acetate (brand
names Adreson, Cortison,
Cortisone,
Cortisone Acetate, Cortone, Cortistab, Cortisyl, others) is a
synthetic glucocorticoid corticosteroid...
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synthetic pregnane corticosteroid and
derivative of
cortisone and is also
known as δ1-
cortisone or 1,2-dehydrocortisone or as 17α,21-dihydroxypregna-1...
- work laid the
foundation for the
steroid drug industry's
production of
cortisone,
other corticosteroids, and
artificial hormones that led to
birth control...
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schoolteacher and
family man
whose life
spins out of
control when he
misuses cortisone. It is
based on a 1955
article by
medical writer Berton Roueché in The...
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Cortisone reductase deficiency is
caused by
dysregulation of the 11β-hydroxysteroid
dehydrogenase type 1
enzyme (11β-HSD1),
otherwise known as cortisone...
- or 11β-HSD)
enzymes catalyze the
conversion of
inert 11 keto-products (
cortisone) to
active cortisol, or vice versa, thus
regulating the
access of glucocorticoids...
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Prize for
Physiology or
Medicine in 1950 for the
discovery of the
hormone cortisone, and its
application for the
treatment of
rheumatoid arthritis. The Nobel...
- P450SCC (side-chain
cleavage enzyme).
Cortisol is
metabolized reversibly to
cortisone by the 11-beta
hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase system (11-beta HSD), which...
