SHEET /m/cortisone · PubChem CID 222786 · CAS 53-06-5 · REV 2026.07
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Cortisone
from sourceC21H28O5 · 360.4 g/mol
Scheroson · Cortistal · Nogenic HC · Stie-Cort
What is Cortisone?
The first steroid medicine, whose effect on rheumatoid arthritis won a 1950 Nobel Prize. The body makes it from cortisol and turns it back into cortisol to use it. from source
CategoryPrescription medicine
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Fig. 1 · 2D structure RDKit
SMILES
C[C@]12CCC(=O)C=C1CC[C@@H]3[C@@H]2C(=O)C[C@]4([C@H]3CC[C@@]4(C(=O)CO)O)CWhere you'll find it
Dispensed on prescription, not sold on a shelf. See the rest of the prescription medicine group.
Toxicity & hazards
WarningHealth hazardH361from source
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Where Cortisone leads
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