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half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50)
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Half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) is a scalar measurement datum that measures the effectiveness of a compound to competitively inhibit a given process, and corresponds to the concentration of the compound at which it reaches half of its maximum inhibitory effect.
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half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50)
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half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50)
example of usage
Interpolating that at a dose of IC50=12 nM, half of the binding of a comptetitive ligand is inhibited.
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Bjoern Peters; Randi Vita
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- scalar measurement datum
- has measurement unit label some concentration unit
- is about some dose response curve