Binding coefficient

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In medicinal chemistry and pharmacology, a binding coefficient is a quantity representing the extent to which a chemical compound will bind to a macromolecule.^[1][2]

[edit] See also

• Binding constant
• Partition coefficient

[edit] References

1. ^ Schurr JM, Rangel DP, Aragon SR. (2005) "A Contribution to the Theory of Preferential Interaction Coefficients." Biophysical Journal. 89:2258-2276.
2. ^ Shulgin IL, Ruckenstein E (2006) "A Protein Molecule in a Mixed Solvent: The Preferential Binding Parameter via the Kirkwood-Buff Theory." Biophysical Journal. 90:704–707.

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