Contents Notes |
Ch. 1. Predicting chemical toxicity and fate in humans and the environment -- an introduction / Mark T.D. Cronin -- Ch. 2. Toxicity data sources / Klaus L.E. Kaiser -- Ch. 3. Calculation of physicochemical properties / Mark T.D. Cronin and David J. Livingstone -- Ch. 4. Good practice in physicochemical property prediction / Peter R. Fisk, Louise McLaughlin and Rosalind J. Wildey -- Ch. 5. Whole molecule and atom-based topological descriptors / Tatiana I. Netzeva -- Ch. 6. Quantum chemical descriptors in structure-activity relationships -- calculation, interpretation, and comparison of methods / Gerrit Schuurmann -- Ch. 7. Building QSAR models : a practical guide / David J. Livingstone -- Ch. 8. Prediction of human health endpoints : mutagenicity and carcinogenicity / Romualdo Benigni -- Ch. 9. The use of expert systems for toxicity prediction : illustrated with reference to the DEREK program / Robert D. Combes and Rosemary A. Rodford -- Ch. 10. Computer-based methods for the prediction of chemical metabolism and biotransformation within biological organisms / Martin P. Payne -- Ch. 11. Prediction of pharmacokinetic parameters in drug design and toxicology / Judith C. Duffy -- Ch. 12. Development and evaluation of QSARs for exotoxic endpoints : the benzene response-surface model for tetrahymena toxicity / T. Wayne Schultz and Tatiana I. Netzeva -- Ch. 13. Receptor-mediated toxicity : QSARs for estrogen receptor binding and priority setting of potential estrogenic endocrine disruptors / Weida Tong, Hong Fang, Huixiao Hong, Qian Xie, Roger Perkins and Daniel M. Sheehan -- Ch. 14. Prediction of persistence / Monika Nendza -- Ch. 15. QSAR modeling of bioaccumulation / John C. Dearden -- Ch. 16. QSAR modeling of soil sorption / John C. Dearden -- Ch. 17. Application of catabolic-based biosensors to develop QSARs for degradation / Graeme I. Paton, Jacob G. Bundy, Colin D. Campbell and Helena Maciel -- Ch. 18. The tiered approach to toxicity assessment based on the integrated use of alternative (non-animal) tests / Andrew P. Worth -- Ch. 19. The use by governmental regulatory agencies of quantitative structure-activity relationships and expert systems to predict toxicity / Mark T.D. Cronin -- Ch. 20. A framework for promoting the acceptance and regulatory use of (quantitative) structure-activity relationships / Andrew P. Worth, Mark T.D. Cronin and Cornelius J. Van Leeuwen. |