Cortisol Detection Methods for Stress Monitoring: Current Insight and Future Prospect: A Review

The “stress hormone,” cortisol, is essential for controlling a variety of physiological functions. For determining health and identifying disorders caused by stress, accurate cortisol level monitoring is crucial. The ability to detect cortisol is necessary to determine stress levels, diagnose diseases such as Cushing’s and Addison’s, assess adrenal function, understand mood and sleep disorders, improve sports performance, advance research, direct hormone therapy, and address pregnancy and fertility problems. This article aims to give a summary of the best techniques available for cortisol monitoring along with an analysis of the issues that come with them; it also offers a viability report about the determination of cortisol concentrations in various biofluids. To improve the management of stress-related conditions, the review offers insight and suggestions for ongoing observation. This serves as a guide for improving cortisol detection and stress monitoring.