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Cannabinoid inhibition of rat luteal cell progesterone synthesis.

@article{Burstein1979CannabinoidIO,
  title={Cannabinoid inhibition of rat luteal cell progesterone synthesis.},
  author={Sumner H Burstein and Sheila A. Hunter and T. Scott Shoupe},
  journal={Research communications in chemical pathology and pharmacology},
  year={1979},
  volume={24 2},
  pages={
          413-6
        }
}
Progesterone production by isolated rat luteal cells was inhibited by exposure to various cannabinoids in concentrations from 3.0--16.0 microM. The available evidence points to the cleavage of cholesterol esters as the site of inhibition. 
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