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Quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) study of toxicity of quaternary ammonium compounds on Chlorella
Guohua Jing1, Zuoming Zhou, Jing Zhuo
1Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, China. zhoujing@hqu.edu.cn
Abstract:
The acute toxicity of 13 quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) to Chlorella pyrenoidosa and Scenedesmus quadricauda was investigated in the present study. Significant inhibition on algae biomass was observed and 96 h EC(50)-value of 13 QACs was tested. Sixteen physicochemical and quantum chemical parameters of the QACs were calculated using the semi-empirical MOPAC AMI method. The multiple linear regression (MLR) was employed to derive the quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) models, by which the calculated parameters were correlated to the toxicity of QACs on the two green algaes. Results showed that the alkyl chain lengths (CL) and total connectivity (T(Con)) were the main descriptors in governing the log (1/EC(50)) values of the QACs in the two QSAR models. The two models had high predictive ability and stability, and two parameters were proved to have the general applicability in QSAR study of QACs congeners.
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