Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships (QSAR) for Pesticide Regulatory Pu

Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships (QSAR) for Pesticide Regulatory Purposes

Elsevier Science | May 16, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0444527109 | 532 pages | PDF | 2.79 MB

Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) for Pesticide Regulatory Purposes stems from the experience of the EC funded project DEMETRA. This project combined institutes involved in the regulatory process of pesticides, industries of the sector and scientists to develop and offer original software for the prediction of ecotoxicity of pesticides. Then to be used within the dossier preparation for pesticide registration. The basis of this book is more than three-years of research activities, discussions, studies and successful models. This experience represents a useful example not only for the case of pesticides, but also for the prediction of ecotoxicity and toxicity in general.

QSAR is used to link a given property of a chemical compound with some features related to its structure. The theoretical toxicological, chemical and information technology aspects will be treated considering the regulatory issues.