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)

Synonyms: W980KJ009P, Corticosterone, Pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione, 11,21-dihydroxy-, (11beta)-

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/biosyn /physiol permitted

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D003345

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