Measurement of baseline toxicity and QSAR analysis of 50 non-polar and 58 polar narcotic chemicals for the alga Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata

Chemosphere

Volumn 96, Issue , 2014, Pages 23-32

  Aruoja, Villem ^a   Moosus, Maikki ^b   Kahru, Anne ^a   Sihtmäe, Mariliis ^a   Maran, Uko ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS AND BIOPHYSICS   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Algae; Baseline toxicity; Non polar narcosis; Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata; QSAR; REACH

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANILINE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; MOLECULAR GRAPHICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

DECISION SUPPORTS; MOLECULAR DESCRIPTORS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NON-POLAR; POLAR NARCOTICS; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA; QSAR; REACH;

COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY;

1,1,2 TRICHLOROETHANE; 1,2 DICHLOROBENZENE; 1,2 DICHLOROETHANE; 1,3 DICHLOROBENZENE; 1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; 2 BUTOXYETHANOL; 2 ETHOXYETHANOL; 2 METHOXYETHANOL; ACETONE; ANILINE; BENZENE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLOROBENZENE; CHLOROFORM; DICHLOROETHANE; DICHLOROMETHANE; ETHER; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; NARCOTIC AGENT; ORTHO XYLENE; PENTACHLOROETHANE; PENTANOL; PHENOL; TERT BUTYL ALCOHOL; TETRACHLOROETHANE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROBENZENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; XYLENE;

ALGA; GROWTH RATE; GUIDELINE; HYDROPHOBICITY; INHIBITION; OECD; REPOSITORY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH RATE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ALGAE; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

ALGAE; BASELINE TOXICITY; NON-POLAR NARCOSIS; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA; QSAR; REACH;

ANILINE COMPOUNDS; CHLOROPHYTA; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NARCOTICS; PHENOLS; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84887612987     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.06.088     Document Type: Article

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