Abstract: The toxicity data of 256 chemicals tested in both the 96-h Pimephales promelas mortality assay and the 2-d Tetrahymena pyriformis growth inhibition assay were evaluated using quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSARs). Each chemical was a priori assigned a mode of action of either narcoses or soft electrophilicity. Narcoses were separated into ...

Abstract: Hydrophobic- and electrophilic-dependent structure-toxicity relationships were developed and compared for several mechanisms of toxic action. Potency data included values from the 96-h Pimephales promelas mortality assay, the 40-h Tetrahymena pyriformis population growth inhibition assay, and the 15-min Vibrio fischeri luminescence inhibition assay. In addition ...