Why is the acute toxicity of many drugs measued using LD50?

Emmanuel Delwin Abarike @Emmanuel_Abarike3

08 August 2016 0 9K Report

Dear colleagues, I would like a simple explanation as to why it is important to measure the toxicity of drugs using LD 50 and not anything below.

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