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Investigative Techniques > Toxicity Tests > Inhibitory Concentration 50
Physiological Phenomena > Pharmacological and Toxicological Phenomena > Toxicological Phenomena > Inhibitory Concentration 50

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Inhibitory Concentration 50  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • IC50

Note

  • do not confuse with LETHAL DOSE 50, determined in animals

Scope note

  • The concentration of a compound needed to reduce population growth of organisms, including eukaryotic cells, by 50% in vitro. Though often expressed to denote in vitro antibacterial activity, it is also used as a benchmark for cytotoxicity to eukaryotic cells in culture.

History note

  • 99

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020128

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