Evaluation of a novel short-term algal toxicity assay by the development of QSARs and inter-species relationships for narcotic chemicals

QSAR and Combinatorial Science

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 204-209

  Worgan, Andrew D P ^a   Dearden, John C ^a   Edwards, Robert ^a   Netzeva, Tatiana I ^a   Cronin, Mark T D ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlorella vulgaris; Narcosis; QSAR; Toxicity; Validation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; ENZYMES; ESTERS;

ALGAL TOXICITY; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; GREEN ALGA; LIVING ORGANISMS; NARCOSIS; NON-POLAR; QSAR; SHORT TERM; TOXICITY ASSAYS; VALIDATION;

TOXICITY;

ESTERASE; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANESTHESIA; ASSAY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROMETRY; GREEN ALGA; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; TOXICOKINETICS;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHLOROPHYTA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 0037731735     PISSN: 1611020X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qsar.200390013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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