Structure-toxicity relationships for aliphatic chemicals evaluated with Tetrahymena pyriformis

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1602-1609

  Schultz, T Wayne ^a   Cronin, Mark T D ^b   Netzeva, Tatiana I ^b   Aptula, Aynur O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE; ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NITRILE; OCTANOL; SCHIFF BASE; WATER;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GROWTH; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; DRUG TOXICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; THERMODYNAMICS; TOXICITY TESTS;

TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 0036913202     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx025589p     Document Type: Article

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