The phrase "a potent effect" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a strong or powerful influence or impact that something has on a situation or individual.
Example: "The new policy had a potent effect on employee morale, leading to increased productivity and job satisfaction."
Alternatives: "a strong impact" or "a powerful influence."
Although pheromones may be almost unnoticeable at a conscious level, they can exert a potent effect.
"We were very pleasantly surprised to see such a potent effect," he said.
These findings raise the possibility that thalidomide has a potent effect on the immune system or may even kill myeloma cells directly.
Nevertheless, in most cases both molecules synergistically modified the chondrocyte proteome, showing a potent effect on oxidative stress and modulation of energy production and metabolic pathways.
It is a bit of an evolutionary quirk that some species have venom that has such a potent effect on big mammals such as ourselves.
Often I have to wait to work, but hopefully this state of repose (let's optimistically call it "implicit learning") has a potent effect on what I do write.
Neurons in particular areas of the midbrain, just above the pons, have a potent effect in suppressing muscle tone, Dr. Siegel has found.
Of the newly synthesized compounds, compound 6 exhibited a potent effect against hepatocellular carcinoma in vitro and in vivo.
It is possible, meanwhile, that a sustained decrease in calories coupled with a sustained increase in exercise might have a potent effect on aging (at the moment there are no large-scale studies under way, Fontana told me).
However, in most cases a synergistic effect was demonstrated when cells were exposed to both compounds, implying a potent effect on oxidative stress as indicated by the modulation of superoxide dismutase.
Of the newly synthesized compounds, sophoridinol analogue 9k exhibited a potent effect against six human tumor cell lines (liver, colon, breast, lung, glioma and nasopharyngeal).
