A study on the incubation time required for solving receptor parameters with multi-point radioligand binding assay[J]. Nuclear techniques, 1994, (11).DOI:
Mathematical analysis and kinetic experiments demonstrated that the incubation timet required for achieving equilibrium in radioligand binding assays of receptors varies with the total concentration of radioligand LT. With other conditions kept constant
the smaller the radioligand concentration
the longer the take requied.Therefore
the incubation time should be determined by the time required for achieving equilibrium with the lowest instead of higher concentrations of radioligand. The occassional "hook" phenomenon of the t-LT correlation curve at very low doses of LT has been discussed.