An acetylenic acid; from the marine sponge Petrosia corticata; corticatic acid B is the (4E)-isomer.

An acetylenic acid; from the marine sponge Petrosia corticata.

Used in diagnosis of adrenocortical insufficiency & Cushing's syndrome.

From lung tissue; amino acid composition determined; has potent corticostatic and cosyntropin antagonist activity; may be identical to defensins.

Dental filling material containing di- (or tetra-)iodothymol, trioxymethylene, dexamethasone & hydrocortisone.

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)