Molecular structure and biochemical toxicity of four halogeno-benzenes on the unicellular green alga Selenastrum capricornutum

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 105-111

  Kong, F X ^a   Hu, W ^a   Liu, Y ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Green alga; Halogeno benzenes; QSAR; Selenastrum capricornutum; Structure acitivity relationship

Indexed keywords

1,2,3 TRICHLOROBENZENE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BROMOBENZENE; CHLOROBENZENE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; TOXICITY;

EID: 0031662183     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-8472(98)00016-1     Document Type: Article

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