The practice of structure activity relationships (SAR) in toxicology

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 8-17

  McKinney, James D ^a   Richard, Ann ^a   Waller, Chris ^b   Newman, Michael C ^c   Gerberick, Frank ^d  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Sphinx Pharmaceuticals   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^d PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elements; Issues in toxicology; Models; Prediction systems; SAR science; Structure activity relationships (SAR)

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; ESTRADIOL; METAL ION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTACT DERMATITIS; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHARMACOPHORE; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN SENSITIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXIN STRUCTURE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0033935598     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/56.1.8     Document Type: Article

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