Dose Effective Average

The average effective dose (ED50) is the dose of a substance, when administered, its effect occurs in 50% of subjects. For example, the dose required to achieve weight loss of 5.9 kg/day in 5% of patients corresponds to the ED50 of the substance. Thus, ED is defined as doses corresponding to a given change in biological activity, or those physiological reactions that these substances cause. More generally: ed means the dose corresponding to the predetermined effect.

ED is a dose that causes an effect when the effect of another dose is equal to it. That is, ed is a certain