Name the hormone secreted from the outermost cellular layer of adrenal cortex.

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The adrenal cortex can be divided into three layers, called zona reticularis (inner layer), zona fasciculata (middle layer) and zona glomerulosa (outer layer).
Zona glomerulosa is the outermost layer and it secretes mineralocorticoids, mainly aldosterone.

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