Anti-Inflammatory Hormone From the Adrenal Cortex
This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Working From Home, Group 1228, Puzzle 4 (Healthy Snacks).
Question is: Anti-Inflammatory Hormone From the Adrenal Cortex
and the answer is: CORTISONE
Word Meaning:
CORTISONE — (biochemistry, steroids, pharmacology) A corticosteroid hormone, closely related to corticosterone, produced by the adrenal cortex. One of the glucocorticoids, it is also made synthetically for use as an anti-inflammatory and antiallergy agent. 17-hydroxy-11-dehydrocorticosterone, with formula C₂₁H₂₈O₅.
Definitions from Wiktionary.