Hormone
corticosterone Audio
cor·ti·cos·ter·one [ kawr-ti-kos-tuh-rohn, -koh-stuh-rohn ]
Subclass of:
11-Hydroxycorticosteroids; Pregnenediones
Definitions related to corticosterone:
  • A corticosteroid intermediate in the steroidogenic pathway that converts pregnenolone to aldosterone. In humans, corticosterone has limited glucocorticoid or mineralocorticoid activity.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Adrenocortical steroid that has modest but significant activities as a mineralocorticoid and a glucocorticoid.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • An adrenocortical steroid that has modest but significant activities as a mineralocorticoid and a glucocorticoid. (From Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 8th ed, p1437)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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