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Why is cortisol known as life saving hormone ?

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(i) The cortisol hormones of adrenal cortex serves to maintain the body in living condition and recover it from the severe effect of stress reactions.
(ii) Thus an increased output of cortisol is "life saving" in "shock conditions". It is also known as life-saving hormone.
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