Glucocorticoid: A hormone that predominantly affects the metabolism of carbohydrates and, to a lesser extent, fats and proteins (and has other effects). Glucocorticoids are made in the outside portion (the cortex) of the adrenal gland and chemically classed as steroids. Cortisol is the major natural glucocorticoid. The term glucocorticoid also applies to equivalent hormones synthesized in the laboratory.
Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary ( glÅ« ' kÅ-kôr ' tÄ-koid ' ) n. Any of a group of steroid hormones, such as cortisone, that are produced by the ...
The name glucocorticoid derives from early observations that these hormones were involved in glucose metabolism. In the fasted state, cortisol stimulates several ...
glucocorticoid /glu·co·cor·ti·coid/ (-kor´tÄ-koid) 1. any of the group of corticosteroids predominantly involved in carbohydrate metabolism, and also in fat and ...
Glucocorticoid: A hormone that predominantly affects the metabolism of carbohydrates and, to a lesser extent, fats and proteins (and has other effects).
Glucocorticoids. Physiologic Control of Secretion. Figure 1. Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Pharmacodynamics / Pharmacokinetics (Primary)