Structure-Toxicity relationships for selected lactones to Tetrahymena pyriformis

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 463-468

  Schultz, T W ^a,b   Deweese, A D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; LACTONE;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; CILIATE; COVALENT BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; POPULATION GROWTH; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; LACTONES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUANTUM THEORY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 0032936614     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900898     Document Type: Article

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