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Physiological Phenomena > Pharmacological and Toxicological Phenomena > Toxicological Phenomena > Dose-Response Relationship, Drug > Hormesis
Physiological Phenomena > Pharmacological and Toxicological Phenomena > Pharmacological Phenomena > Dose-Response Relationship, Drug > Hormesis

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Hormesis  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Biphasic dose responses of cells or organisms (including microorganisms) to an exogenous or intrinsic factor, in which the factor induces stimulatory or beneficial effects at low doses and inhibitory or adverse effects at high doses.

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-C0JP156D-J

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