Quinone-induced toxicity to tetrahymena: Structure-activity relationships

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 267-278

  Schultz, T W ^a   Sinks, G D ^a   Cronin, M T D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquatic toxicity; Quinones; Tetrahymena pyriformis

Indexed keywords

1,2 NAPHTHOQUINONE; 1,4 BENZOQUINONE; ANTHRAQUINONE; BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 0030662622     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(97)00031-3     Document Type: Article

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