Comparative assessment of methods to develop QSARs for the prediction of the toxicity of phenols to Tetrahymena pyriformis

Chemosphere

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1201-1221

  Cronin, Mark T D ^a   Aptula, Aynur O ^b   Duffy, Judith C ^a   Netzeva, Tatiana I ^a,c   Rowe, Philip H ^a   Valkova, Iva V ^c   Schultz, T Wayne ^d  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c Department of Social Pharmacy   (Bulgaria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanism of action; Phenols; QSARs; Tetrahymena pyriformis; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; METABOLISM; TOXICITY;

ELECTROPHILICITY;

PHENOLS;

PHENOL DERIVATIVE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE;

TOXICITY TEST;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; TOXICITY TESTING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 0036882521     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00508-8     Document Type: Article

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