Abstract: A set of 221 phenols, for which toxicity data to the ciliate Tetrahymena pyriformis were available, was subjected to stepwise linear discriminant analysis (LDA) in order to classify their toxic mechanisms of action. The compounds were a priori grouped into the following four mechanisms according to structural rules: polar narcotics, weak acid respiratory ...

Abstract: The aim of this study was to develop quantitative structure-activity relationships for the toxicity to Tetrahymena pyriformis of 30 substituted poly-hydroxylated benzenes. Physico-chemical descriptors for the expression of free radical formation, associated with the OH moiety on the aromatic ring, were calculated. These included one-electron equilibrium constants ...

Abstract: Toxicity data for 82 aliphatic chemicals with an alpha,beta-unsaturated substructure were compiled. Toxicity was assessed in the 2-day Tetrahymena pyriformis population growth impairment assay. Toxic potency [log(IGC50(-1))] for most of these chemicals was in excess of baseline narcosis as quantified by the 1-octanol/water partition coefficient (log K(ow)). ...