In Silico Investigation of the Thyroid Hormone Activity of Hydroxylated Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1538-1545

  Yu, Haiying ^a   Wondrousch, Dominik ^b,c   Li, Fei ^d   Chen, Jianrong ^a   Lin, Hongjun ^a   Ji, Li ^e  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^d YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^e ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; HYDROXYL GROUP; OXYGEN; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; THYROID HORMONE; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER MODEL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; HORMONE ACTION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG EFFECTS; HYDROXYLATION; METABOLISM; THYROID GLAND;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HYDROXYLATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 84939241130     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: 15205010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.5b00127     Document Type: Article

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