Hydrocortisone, a primary glucocorticoid secreted by the adrenal cortex. It has three times the anti-inflammatory potency of corticosterone but much lower Na2+ retention potency. Hydrocortisone, known more formally as cortisone (INN, USAN, BAN), is a steroid hormone, produced by the zona…

A natural 1,4-naphthoquinone that has diverse effects in cells and animals; causes the generation of ROS and induces apoptosis in cancer cells; activates signaling through Nrf2 and ARE, inducing the expression of Nrf2 target genes, including NQO1 and HO-1 in cultured neuronal cells.