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HERO ID
5363070
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Use of QSAR models in predicting joint effects in multi-component mixtures of organic chemicals
Author(s)
Xu, S; Nirmalakhandan, N
Year
1998
Is Peer Reviewed?
1
Journal
Water Research
ISSN:
0043-1354
EISSN:
1879-2448
Volume
32
Issue
8
Page Numbers
2391-2399
Language
English
Abstract
BIOSIS COPYRIGHT: BIOL ABS. The application of Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship (QSAR) models in predicting joint toxicity of mixtures of organic chemicals to microorganisms is presented. In the proposed approach, QSAR models derived from single chemical toxicity assays are used to predict concentrations of components in mixtures that would jointly cause 50% inhibition of microbial respiration. Experimental joint toxicity data from several different binary and multi-component, uniform and non-uniform mixture assays on two microbial cultures are used to validate the proposed approach. The predictions made from QSAR models agreed well with the experimental data with r2 = 0.80 at p = 0.0001 for a total of 610 data points. The factor of error of the predictions ranged from 1.00 to 4.79, averaging 1.82. Validation tests with 16 chemicals not used in the QSAR model derivation yielded predictions of similar quality.
Keywords
BIOPHYSICS; CYBERNETICS; POISONING; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; MICROBIOLOGY; SANITATION; Biophysics-Biocybernetics (1972- ); Toxicology-General; Microorganisms; Public Health: Environmental Health-Sewage Disposal and Sanitary Measures; Microorganisms-Unspecified; 15950-66-0; 1330-20-7; 933-78-8; 628-63-7; 598-38-9; 594-37-6; 542-75-6; 541-73-1; 540-59-0; 287-92-3; 142-82-5; 141-78-6; 141-43-5; 127-18-4; 124-48-1; 123-86-4; 121-14-2; 120-83-2; 120-82-1; 115-20-8; 111-87-5; 111-65-9; 111-44-4; 110-82-7; 110-54-3; 110-19-0; 109-89-7; 109-73-9; 109-66-0; 108-94-1; 108-91-8; 108-90-7; 108-88-3; 108-39-4; 108-10-1; 107-87-9; 107-06-2; 106-93-4; 106-46-7; 106-44-5; 105-67-9; 102-71-6; 100-41-4; 100-02-7; 96-18-4; 95-50-1; 88-75-5; 79-34-5; 79-01-6; 79-00-5; 78-93-3; 78-87-5; 75-09-2; 74-97-5; 74-95-3; 71-55-6; 71-43-2; 71-41-0; 71-23-8; 67-64-1; 64-19-7; 64-17-5; 56-23-5; 51-28-5
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