Structure-Activity Relationships for the Toxicity of Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans: Approach through Density Functional Theory-Based Descriptors

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 348-356

  Arulmozhiraja, Sundaram ^a   Morita, Masatoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENERGY; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOMER; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ARYL HYDROCARBON HYDROXYLASES; BENZOFURANS; BINDING SITES; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON;

EID: 1642383771     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx0300380     Document Type: Article

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