Hydrocortisone

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Molecule Structure

Scientific Name

Hydrocortisone

Description of the Drug

Hydrocortisone is a glucocorticoid used to treat corticosteroid-responsive dermatoses, endocrine disorders, immune conditions, and allergic disorders.

Source: DrugBank Online – DrugBank.com. Retrieved 2023-03-10 from
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Brand Name(s)

Acetasol hc, Acticort, Aeroseb-hc, Ala-cort, Ala-scalp, Alkindi sprinkle, Alphaderm, Anflam, Anucort-Hc, Anugesic hc, Anusol-Hc, Anusol hc, Anusol plus hc, Anusol soothing relief, Balneol-hc, Beta-hc, Calmurid hc, Canesten hc, Cetacort, Cipro hc, Cobadex, Colocort, Corlan, Cort-dome, Cortef, Cortenem, Cortenema, Cortril, Daktacort, Daktacort hydrocort, Derma care hydrocort, Dermacort, Dermaspray demang, Dioderm, Dome-cort, Econacort, Efcortelan p, Eldecort, Epicort, Eurax-hc, Eurax-hydrocort, Evacort, Exe-cort, Flexicort, Germoloids hc, Glycort, Gregoderm, Hc #1, Hc #4, Hc (hydrocortisone), H-cort, Hi-cor, Hydrocort in calamine oily, Hydrocort in cetomacrogol for a, Hydrocort in wte soft paraf, Hydrocortisone, Hydrocortisone in absorbase, Hydrocortone, Hydroderm, Hydroderm hc, Hydro-rx, Hytone, Jungle for, Locoid, Medicort, Mildison lipocream, Nogenic hc, Nutracort, Nybadex, Nystaform-hc, Otoseptil, Otosporin, Penecort, Perinal, Plenadren, Proctocort, Proctocream hc, Proctofoam hc, Proctosedyl, Quinocort, Sential hc, Stie-cort, Synacort, Terra-cortril nystatin, Texacort, Timocort, Timodine, Topisone, Tri-cicatrin, Uniroid, Uniroid hc, Xyloproct, Zenoxone

Company Owner(s)

Westwood Squibb Pharmaceuticals Inc, Watson Laboratories Inc, Bausch And Lomb Pharmaceuticals Inc, Encube Ethicals Inc, Casper Pharma Llc, John J Ferrante, Monarch Pharmaceuticals Inc, Forest Laboratories Inc, Hikma International Pharmaceuticals Llc, Crown Laboratories Inc

Mechanism(s) Of Action

Target Name Target Type Action Type Target ChEMBL ID
Glucocorticoid receptor SINGLE PROTEIN AGONIST CHEMBL2034

Unichem Links

Atlas hydrocortisone cortisol
SureChEMBL SCHEMBL4148
PharmGKB PA449905
Human Metabolome Database HMDB0000063
DrugBank DB00741
PubChem: Thomson Pharma 14852592 14828390
PubChem 5754
Mcule MCULE-8953627920
NMRShiftDB 60020809
LINCS LSM-5980
Nikkaji J1.908I
PDBe HCY
BindingDB 13775
EPA CompTox Dashboard DTXSID7020714
LipidMaps LMST02030001
DrugCentral 1388
Metabolights MTBLC17650
Brenda 86867 104335 260015 37893 44238 104298 9182 74692 919 49654 42964 104299
Rhea 17650
ChemicalBook CB9756715
Guide to Pharmacology 2868
rxnorm CORTEF DERMACORT COLOCORT ALA-CORT TEXACORT ANUSOL HC CIPRO HC ALA-SCALP U-CORT ANUCORT-HC BETA-HC PROCTOCORT CORTENEMA HYDROCORTISONE
PubChem: Drugs of the Future 12013447
ChEBI 17650
ZINC ZINC000013540519