Comparison of toxicities and mechanism of action of n-alkanols in the submitochondrial particle and the vibrio fischeri bioluminescence (Microtox®) bioassay

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1917-1921

  Gustavson, Karl E ^a   Svenson, Anders ^b   Harkin, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Microtox ; N Alkanol; Quantitative structure activity relationships; Submitochondrial particle

Indexed keywords

ALKANOL; LUCIFERASE; METHANOL; OCTADECANOL; SULFANILAMIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; ECOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0031679649     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<1917:COTAMO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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