Structure-toxicity relationships for selected naphthoquinones to Tetrahymena pyriformis

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 405-410

  Schultz, T W ^a,b,c   Bearden, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NAPHTHOQUINONE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ELECTRONS; NAPHTHOQUINONES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 0031754019     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900777     Document Type: Article

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