Minimum lethal dose
Term · Chemistry · MLC-T-CHM-007399
The smallest dose of a substance that kills even one treated test animal under stated conditions, recorded in toxicity databases as LDLo. It lies below the LD50, the dose that kills half of a treated group, and is usually expressed in milligrams per kilogram of body weight.
| Identifier | MLC-T-CHM-007399 |
|---|---|
| Field | Chemistry |
| Subject | Chemistry and Human Health |
| References | PAC, 1993, 65, 2003. 'Glossary for chemists of terms used in toxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 1993)' on page 2071 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199365092003) |
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