前不久投了篇文章,做某种天然产物的药理学实验,分别作了低、中、高三个剂量,药效依次增强,文章里面说其效果是“dose-dependent”,可是审稿人居然说我这三个剂量没有进行显著性差异的分析,因此不能说是“dose-dependent”,做药理的朋友们说说,人家说的有道理吗?
附:审稿人原文:The authors state that (药名) was (活性) in a "dose-dependent" manner. This would mean that statistical differences should exist between the different doses, but this is not indicated in table 2.