Science. 1977 Sep 16;197(4309):1189-91.

Competition of delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol with estrogen in rat uterine estrogen receptor binding.

Rawitch AB, Schultz GS, Ebner KE, Vardaris RM.

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Direct competition experiments with delta 9 -tetrahydrocannibinol (delta 9-THC) and estradiol in binding assays with rat uterine cytosol estrogen receptors showed that delta 9-THC was a weak, but nevertheless significant, competitor for binding to cytoplasmic estrogen receptors. These data support, at the molecular level, the observations that delta 9-THC has a weak estrogenic activity (at least the ability to bind to estrogen receptors). Moreover, estrogen-like binding suggests that delta 9-THC, acting at the level of estrogen receptor, causes a primary estrogenic effect rather than an indirect or secondary phenomenon.

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