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half maximal effective concentration (EC50)
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half maximal effective concentration (EC50) is a scalar measurement datum corresponding to the concentration of a compound which induces a response halfway between the baseline and maximum after some specified exposure time.
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half maximal effective concentration (EC50)
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half maximal effective concentration (EC50)
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Determining the potentency of a drug / antibody / toxicant by measuring a graded dose response curve, and determining the concentration of the compound where 50% of its maximal effect is observed.
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000120
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Bjoern Peters; Randi Vita
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Subclass of:
- scalar measurement datum
- has measurement unit label some concentration unit
- is about some dose response curve