Toxicity and quantitative structure-activity relationships of nitriles based on Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 439-446

  Huang, Chun Pin ^a   Wang, Yun Ju ^a   Chen, Chung Yuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Algae; Nitriles; Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata; QSAR; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

3 CHLOROPROPIONITRILE; 4 CHLOROBUTYRONITRILE; ACETONITRILE; BENZONITRILE; BROMINE; BROMOACETOITRILE; BUTYRONITRILE; CHLORINE; CHLOROACETONITRILE; DICHLOROACETONITRILE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HALOGEN; ISOBUTYRONITRILE; MALONONITRILE; NITRILE; PROPIONITRILE; TRICHLOROACETONITRILE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; TOXICITY TEST;

ALGA; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; FISH; GROWTH RATE; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PLANT GROWTH; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; TOXICITY TESTING;

ALGAE, GREEN; ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; HYDROPHOBICITY; NITRILES; OXYGEN; PHOTOBACTERIUM; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALGAE; DAPHNIA MAGNA; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 34249658407     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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