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=Cortisone=

Description:
 * Steroid hormone
 * Released by the adrenal gland in response to stress
 * Elevate blood pressure
 * Prepare the body for a fight or flight response

Uses: Process:
 * Used to trest mant different types of ailments
 * Suppresses the immune system
 * Reduces inflammation
 * Reduce attendant pain
 * Reduces swelling at the site of the injury
 * Can be taken intravenously, orally, intraarticularly or transcutaneously
 * An end product of a process called steridogenesis
 * Common treatment for a severe sore throat with EBV infectious mononucleosis
 * Starts with the synthesis of cholesterol
 * Then goes through multiple modifications in the adrenal gland to become a steroid hormone
 * One of the many hormones the body releases as a reaction to stress


 * ** **Physical/Chemical Properties: ** **
 * C21H28O5
 * 360.44 g/mol
 * Melting Point: 220-224 oC
 * Boiling Point: Decomposes at 220 oC
 * Stable

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