Median effective dose (ED50)

中位有效剂量

英文解释

Median effective dose (ED50) is a dose or concentration of an agent that produces a biological response. In quantity reaction, it refers to the amount of drug that can cause 50% of the maximum reaction intensity, and in mass reaction, it refers to the amount of drug that can cause 50% of the experimental subjects to have a positive reaction.

中文解释

中位有效剂量 (ED50) 是产生生物反应的药剂剂量或浓度。在量反应中，是指能引起最大反应强度的 50% 的药物用量；在质量反应中，是指能使 50% 的实验对象产生阳性反应的药物用量。

参考文献

[1]. Saganuwan SA. The new algorithm for calculation of median lethal dose (LD50) and effective dose fifty (ED50) of Micrarus fulvius venom and anti-venom in mice. Int J Vet Sci Med. 2016 Nov 29;4(1):1-4.