Abstract: All compounds are considered to act by non-polar narcosis. This is well established for non-reactive compounds. Acute lethality is brought about by accumulation in cellular membranes causing their disruption and ultimately death of the organism. The ability of the compound to accumulate in a cellular membrane is thought to be related to its intrinsic ...

Abstract: Reactive toxicity encompasses important endpoints such as skin and respiratory sensitization, hepatotoxicity and elevated acute aquatic toxicity. These adverse effects are initiated by, among others, electrophilic chemicals and those transformed into electrophiles; i.e. non-reactive chemicals activated into reactive electrophilic species by either a biotransformation ...