A modified procedure for estimating pA2--equi-concentration effect method
Xu, D.Z.
Zhongguo Yao Li Xue Bao 10(6): 568-571
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0253-9756 PMID: 2641859 Document Number: 336292
This new procedure was proposed under the necessity of a fixed concentration of an agonist in the absence/presence of an antagonist. As the odds ratio (OR) of the effects in the absence/presence of the antagonist under a fixed concentration is equal to the equi-effective dose ratio (DR) under a fixed effect, it is possible to substitute OR for DR in A - S equation. Since the experiment is less expensive and more convenient than that of Arunlakshana and Schild, and the procedure for obtaining OR is much more time-saving and economic than that for obtaining DR, it is worthy for analyzing a competitive antagonist.