Understanding the toxicity of phenols: Using quantitative structure-activity relationship and enthalpy changes to discriminate between possible mechanisms

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1197-1204

  Shadnia, Hooman ^a   Wright, James S ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PHENOL; QUINONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENTHALPY; PROTON TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; RADICAL REACTION; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

ESTROGENS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHENOLS; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 47049124324     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx800058r     Document Type: Article

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