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Cortisol
Cortisol
is a
steroid hormone
, in the
glucocorticoid
class of hormones, and is produced in humans by the
zona fasciculata
of the
adrenal cortex
within the
adrenal gland
. It is released in response to
stress
and low
blood-glucose concentration
.
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