Epoxide and thiirane toxicity in vitro with the ciliates tetrahymena pyriformis: Structural alerts indicating excess toxicity

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 5812-5819

  Schramm, Franziska ^a,b   Müller, Andrea ^a   Hammer, Heiko ^a,b   Paschke, Albrecht ^a   Schüürmann, Gerrit ^a,b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC SIDE CHAIN; ALKYL GROUPS; AMINO GROUP; BENZYLIC; COVALENT BINDING; GENERAL TRENDS; GROWTH INHIBITION; H-BONDING; HETEROCYCLES; IN-SILICO SCREENING; IN-VITRO; INDUCTIVE EFFECTS; PHENYL RINGS; RING OPENING; SCHIFF-BASE; SIDE-CHAINS; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; THIIRANES;

BINDING SITES; SORPTION;

TOXICITY;

EPOXIDE; THIIRANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BASELINE CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CILIATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FISH; GROWTH; INHIBITION; SORPTION; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TEST; VOLATILIZATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; RING OPENING; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EPOXY COMPOUNDS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NARCOTICS; SCHIFF BASES; SULFIDES; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

CILIOPHORA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 79959879974     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es200081n     Document Type: Article

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