Hormesis in mixtures - Can it be predicted?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 404, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-87

  Belz, Regina G ^a   Cedergreen, Nina ^b   Sørensen, Helle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biphasic concentration response curve; Concentration addition; Hormesis; Mixture toxicity

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FORECASTING; HERBICIDES; MIXTURES; PESTICIDES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ALLELOCHEMICALS; BIPHASIC CONCENTRATION-RESPONSE CURVE; CONCENTRATION ADDITION; CONCENTRATION RANGES; DATA SETS; HORMESIS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATIONS; LACTUCA SATIVA; LEMNA MINOR L.; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MIXTURE EFFECTS; MIXTURE TOXICITY; REFERENCE MODELS; ROOT LENGTH; STATISTICAL MODELLING; STIMULATORY EFFECTS;

BINARY MIXTURES;

HERBICIDE;

ALLELOCHEMICAL; DATA SET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERBICIDE; INHIBITOR; LEAFY VEGETABLE; ROOT SYSTEM; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; GROWTH STIMULATION; HORMESIS; HYPOTHESIS; KNOWLEDGE; LEMNA MINOR; LETTUCE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOT LENGTH; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEED;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARACEAE; COMPLEX MIXTURES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LETTUCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOXICITY TESTS;

LACTUCA SATIVA; LEMNA MINOR;

EID: 50849142526     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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