Concentration and response

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what is in vitro, in vivo, ex vivo?
In vitro-petri dish test tissue, enzyme, hormone, muscles. In vivo- live animal/human. ex vivo- tissue/organ removed from an animal that has already been treated.
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What is potency?
Potent is when the drug is strong, a drugs potency is often quantified using EC50.
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What is a bioassay?
Is a technique where potency is measured. it makes use of the fact that the curves are almost linear.
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