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THE time-concentration curve for the production of a selected drug effect has a well-known shape, the best expression for which approximates to the formula (C — Cm) (t — tm) = constant. In fact, there is a minimum concentration Cm below which the drug will not produce the biological action, and it is certain that in many cases there must be a time tm corresponding to the production of a delayed effect, after the time t needed for the fixation of the drug upon receptors. In some cases C.t = constant gives an approximate fit ; but this merely implies that Cm and tm are so small as not to produce a measurable error.
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BECCARI, E. A Method for Reducing the Number of Pharmacological Assays. Nature 163, 534–535 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163534b0
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