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“In hepatic microsomes from these rats, cimetidine inhibited progesterone 21-hydroxylase activity (mediated by CYP2C6) by 62% and progesterone 2alpha-hydroxylase activity (mediated by CYP2C11) by 39% but had no effect on progesterone 6beta-hydroxylase activity (mediated by CYP3A).”
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics • 1998 | View Paper
“The H2-antagonist, cimetidine , inhibited completely the histamine-induced progesterone increase while the H1-antagonist, pyrilamine, as well as propranolol and atropine did not affect the initial response but modified its duration.”
“Injection of small quantities of diphenhydramine and cimetidine into the antrum of the preovulatory follicle also caused aberrant luteal activity, but no blockade of ovulation.”