Volume: 46 Issue: 1
Year: 2026, Page: 24-32, Doi: https://doi.org/10.51248/v46i1.214
Received: Nov. 11, 2025 Accepted: March 17, 2026 Published: March 19, 2026
Vitamin D which is mainly designated as hormone, play numerous significant roles in our human body. They not only fall under bone health but other body systems which strongly get affected due to vitamin D deficiency. Especially In today’s society due to faulty life style and improper food habit vitamin deficiencies are seen to manifest various chronic health disorders which are interplayed by their association with other endocrine factors specially hormones. The current review work shows the less elaborated relationship between Vitamin D and cortisol a highly relevant adrenal corticosteroid involved in stress response. This review work highlights the positive and negative correlation between these 2 hormones which may influence both mental and physical health of individual. Many studies have indicated that there may be an imperceptible possibility that these two bio molecules may possess some sort of inter-dependent association. Significant information obtained from this review focuses on generating awareness regarding the impact of vitamin D and Cortisol on combating serious health issues from their early inception
Keywords: Vitamin D, Cortisol, Inter Relationship
Piyanka Sengupta, Sandip Mukherjee& Alok Chattopadhyay. The Enigmatic Association between Vitamin D and Cortisol: A Review. Biomedicine: 2026, 46(1): 24-32