Curva dose-resposta de ligação fármaco-receptor

Curva dose-resposta de ligação fármaco-receptor

Dose-response curve for drug-receptor binding showing receptor occupancy vs drug concentration (on a logarithmic scale). Mass action of binding predicts a nonlinear dose-response curve, which is hyperbolic but often shown as a sigmoidal plot. Bmax = Maximal binding capacity.

Courtesy of Dr. Duncan C. Ferguson.