Structure-activity relationships for Pimephales and Tetrahymena: A mechanism of action approach

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1311-1317

  Bearden, Anna P ^a   Schultz, T Wayne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanisms of action; Pimephales; Tetrahymena; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANILINE DERIVATIVE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; FISH; GROWTH INHIBITION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LC 50; MODEL; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TETRAHYMENA; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALIA; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; PIMEPHALES; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 0031008956     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<1311:SARFPA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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