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  '''Please Insert Appropriate Graphs'''
 
  '''Please Insert Appropriate Graphs'''
[[File:Dose-Response Curve.png|thumb|Add caption here]]
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[[File:Dose-Response Curve.png|thumb|dose-response curve used to calculate EC50]]
    
From these graphs two figures can be achieved, the '''ED50''' or '''EC50'''. The ED50 is the effective dose at which 50% of a maximal response occurs or 50% of individuals respond. The EC50 is the same but is the effective concentration. Agonists with higher affinities will have a lower concentration and so EC50 than an agonist with a lower affinity. The first drug is therfore said to be more '''potent'''.
 
From these graphs two figures can be achieved, the '''ED50''' or '''EC50'''. The ED50 is the effective dose at which 50% of a maximal response occurs or 50% of individuals respond. The EC50 is the same but is the effective concentration. Agonists with higher affinities will have a lower concentration and so EC50 than an agonist with a lower affinity. The first drug is therfore said to be more '''potent'''.
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