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Losada-Barreiro S, Paiva-Martins F, Bravo-Díaz C. Partitioning of Antioxidants in Edible Oil-Water Binary Systems and in Oil-in-Water Emulsions. Antioxidants (Basel) 2023; 12:828. [PMID: 37107202 PMCID: PMC10135117 DOI: 10.3390/antiox12040828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Revised: 03/16/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
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In recent years, partitioning of antioxidants in oil-water two-phase systems has received great interest because of their potential in the downstream processing of biomolecules, their benefits in health, and because partition constant values between water and model organic solvents are closely related to important biological and pharmaceutical properties such as bioavailability, passive transport, membrane permeability, and metabolism. Partitioning is also of general interest in the oil industry. Edible oils such as olive oil contain a variety of bioactive components that, depending on their partition constants, end up in an aqueous phase when extracted from olive fruits. Frequently, waste waters are subsequently discarded, but their recovery would allow for obtaining extracts with antioxidant and/or biological activities, adding commercial value to the wastes and, at the same time, would allow for minimizing environmental risks. Thus, given the importance of partitioning antioxidants, in this manuscript, we review the background theory necessary to derive the relevant equations necessary to describe, quantitatively, the partitioning of antioxidants (and, in general, other drugs) and the common methods for determining their partition constants in both binary (PWOIL) and multiphasic systems composed with edible oils. We also include some discussion on the usefulness (or not) of extrapolating the widely employed octanol-water partition constant (PWOCT) values to predict PWOIL values as well as on the effects of acidity and temperature on their distributions. Finally, there is a brief section discussing the importance of partitioning in lipidic oil-in-water emulsions, where two partition constants, that between the oil-interfacial, POI, and that between aqueous-interfacial, PwI, regions, which are needed to describe the partitioning of antioxidants, and whose values cannot be predicted from the PWOIL or the PWOCT ones.
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- Sonia Losada-Barreiro
- Departamento Química-Física, Facultad de Química, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain
- REQUIMTE-LAQV, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- REQUIMTE-LAQV, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- Departamento Química-Física, Facultad de Química, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain
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Automated QSPR modeling and data curation of physicochemical properties using KNIME platform: Prediction of partition coefficients. J INDIAN CHEM SOC 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jics.2022.100672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Wania F, Lei YD, Baskaran S, Sangion A. Identifying organic chemicals not subject to bioaccumulation in air-breathing organisms using predicted partitioning and biotransformation properties. INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT 2022; 18:1297-1312. [PMID: 34783167 PMCID: PMC9541168 DOI: 10.1002/ieam.4555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2021] [Revised: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Because the respiration processes contributing to the elimination of organic chemicals deviate between air- and water-breathing organisms, existing and widely used procedures for identifying chemicals not subject to bioaccumulation in aquatic organisms based on the octanol-water partition ratio KOW need to be complemented with similar procedures for organisms respiring air. Here, we propose such a procedure that relies on the comparison of a compound's predicted KOW , octanol-air partition ratio KOA , and biotransformation half-life HLB with three threshold values, below which elimination is judged to be sufficiently rapid to prevent bioaccumulation. The method allows for the consideration of the effect of dissociation on the efficiency of urinary and respiratory elimination. Explicit application of different types of the prediction error, such as the 95% prediction interval or the standard error, allows for variable tolerance for false-negative decisions, that is, the potential to judge a chemical as not bioaccumulative even though it is. A test with a set of more than 1000 diverse organic chemicals confirms the applicability of the prediction methods for a wide range of compounds and the procedure's ability to categorize approximately four-fifth of compounds as being of no bioaccumulation concern, suggesting its usefulness to screen large numbers of commercial chemicals to identify those worthy of further scrutiny. The test also demonstrates that a screening based solely on KOW and KOA would be far less effective because the fraction of chemicals that can be judged as sufficiently volatile and/or sufficiently water soluble for rapid respiratory and urinary elimination based on the partitioning properties predicted for their neutral form is relatively small. Future improvements of the proposed procedure depend largely on the development of prediction methods for the biotransformation kinetics in air-breathing organisms and for the potential for renal reabsorption. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2022;18:1297-1312. © 2021 The Authors. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry (SETAC).
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- Frank Wania
- Department of Physical and Environmental SciencesUniversity of Toronto ScarboroughTorontoOntarioCanada
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- Department of Physical and Environmental SciencesUniversity of Toronto ScarboroughTorontoOntarioCanada
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- Department of Physical and Environmental SciencesUniversity of Toronto ScarboroughTorontoOntarioCanada
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- Department of Physical and Environmental SciencesUniversity of Toronto ScarboroughTorontoOntarioCanada
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‐Butanol: An Ecologically and Economically Viable Extraction Solvent for Isolating Polar Products from Aqueous Solutions. European J Org Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202100829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Manfred T. Reetz
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany
- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology Chinese Academy of Sciences Tianjin China
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- Centre for Enzyme Innovation University of Portsmouth St Michael's Building Portsmouth PO1 2DT United Kingdom
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Gui B, Xu X, Zhang S, Wang Y, Li C, Zhang D, Su L, Zhao Y. Prediction of organic compounds adsorbed by polyethylene and chlorinated polyethylene microplastics in freshwater using QSAR. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2021; 197:111001. [PMID: 33713711 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Revised: 02/08/2021] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Microplastics (MPs), a growing class of emerging pollutants in the environment, have attracted widespread attention due to their adsorption properties. Recent research on MPs has mainly concentrated on seawater, and little work has been conducted on freshwater. Investigating and predicting the adsorption behavior of organic pollutants by MPs are necessary in freshwater. In this study, the adsorption behavior of 13 organic chemicals by polyethylene (PE) and chlorinated polyethylene (CPE) MPs was determined under freshwater conditions. Results shows the majority of the organic chemicals exhibit no distinctive differences in their adsorption on two MPs. However, the adsorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and chlorobenzene on CPE is obviously stronger than that on PE, and the result is a counter for two pesticides. Quantitative structure activity relationship (QSAR) analysis was performed for the prediction of adsorption capacity. A QSAR model with acceptable performance (R2 = 0.8586) was built to predict the adsorptive affinity (expressed as logKd) of organic compounds on the PE MPs via multivariable linear regression (MLR) on forty-nine determined and collected data. The octanol/water partition coefficient (logKow) and excess molar refractive index (E) play dominant roles in the model. A QSAR model with satisfactory performance (R2 = 0.9302) was also established for logKd values from CPE MPs in freshwater by using 13 adsorption data determined. The logKow and most negative charge on Cl atom (Q-max,cl) play decisive roles in the adsorption. The findings can provide a scientific basis for the risk assessment of waters contaminated by MPs and organic pollutants.
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- Bingxin Gui
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, 2555 Jingyue Street, Changchun, 130117, Jilin, PR China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, 2555 Jingyue Street, Changchun, 130117, Jilin, PR China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, 2555 Jingyue Street, Changchun, 130117, Jilin, PR China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, 2555 Jingyue Street, Changchun, 130117, Jilin, PR China; The New Hope Liuhe Co., Ltd., Qingdao, 266000, Shandong, PR China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, 2555 Jingyue Street, Changchun, 130117, Jilin, PR China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, 2555 Jingyue Street, Changchun, 130117, Jilin, PR China.
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, 2555 Jingyue Street, Changchun, 130117, Jilin, PR China.
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, 2555 Jingyue Street, Changchun, 130117, Jilin, PR China
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Dadfar E, Shafiei F, Isfahani TM. Structural Relationship Study of Octanol-Water Partition Coefficient of Some Sulfa Drugs Using GA-MLR and GA-ANN Methods. Curr Comput Aided Drug Des 2021; 16:207-221. [PMID: 32507103 DOI: 10.2174/1573409915666190301124714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2018] [Revised: 02/04/2019] [Accepted: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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AIM AND OBJECTIVE Sulfonamides (sulfa drugs) are compounds with a wide range of biological activities and they are the basis of several groups of drugs. Quantitative Structure-Property Relationship (QSPR) models are derived to predict the logarithm of water/ 1-octanol partition coefficients (logP) of sulfa drugs. MATERIALS AND METHODS A data set of 43 sulfa drugs was randomly divided into 3 groups: training, test and validation sets consisting of 70%, 15% and 15% of data point, respectively. A large number of molecular descriptors were calculated with Dragon software. The Genetic Algorithm - Multiple Linear Regressions (GA-MLR) and genetic algorithm -artificial neural network (GAANN) were employed to design the QSPR models. The possible molecular geometries of sulfa drugs were optimized at B3LYP/6-31G* level with Gaussian 98 software. The molecular descriptors derived from the Dragon software were used to build a predictive model for prediction logP of mentioned compounds. The Genetic Algorithm (GA) method was applied to select the most relevant molecular descriptors. RESULTS The R2 and MSE values of the MLR model were calculated to be 0.312 and 5.074 respectively. R2 coefficients were 0.9869, 0.9944 and 0.9601for the training, test and validation sets of the ANN model, respectively. CONCLUSION Comparison of the results revealed that the application the GA-ANN method gave better results than GA-MLR method.
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- Etratsadat Dadfar
- Department of Chemistry, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran
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Mombelli E, Pandard P. Evaluation of the OECD QSAR toolbox automatic workflow for the prediction of the acute toxicity of organic chemicals to fathead minnow. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2021; 122:104893. [PMID: 33587933 DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2021.104893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Revised: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Regulatory frameworks require information on acute fish toxicity to ensure environmental protection. The experimental assessment of this property relies on a substantial number of fish to be tested and it is in conflict with the current drive to replace in vivo testing. For this reason, alternatives to in vivo testing have been proposed during the past years. Among these alternatives, there are Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships (QSAR) that require the sole knowledge of chemical structure to yield predictions of toxicities. In this context, the OECD QSAR Toolbox is one of the leading QSAR tools for regulatory purposes that enables the prediction of fish toxicities. The aim of this work is to provide evidence about the predictive reliability of the automated workflow for predicting acute toxicity in fish which is embedded within this toolbox. The results herein presented show that the logic underpinning this automated workflow can predict with a reliability that, in the majority of cases, is comparable to inter-laboratory variability and, in a significant number of cases, is also comparable with intra-laboratory variability. Moreover, considerations on the toxic mode of action provided by the OECD tool proved to be helpful in refining predictions and reducing the number of prediction outliers.
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- Enrico Mombelli
- Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), 60550, Verneuil en Halatte, France.
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- Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), 60550, Verneuil en Halatte, France
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Influence of ligand's directional configuration, chrysenes as model compounds, on the binding activity with aryl hydrocarbon receptor. Sci Rep 2020; 10:13821. [PMID: 32796895 PMCID: PMC7428016 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-70704-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Understanding what and how physico-chemical factors of a ligand configure conditions for ligand-receptor binding is a key to accurate assessment of toxic potencies of environmental pollutants. We investigated influences of the dipole-driven orientation and resulting directional configuration of ligands on receptor binding activities. Using physico-chemical properties calculated by ab initio density functional theory, directional reactivity factors (DRF) were devised as main indicators of toxic potencies, linking molecular ligand-receptor binding to in vitro responses. The directional reactive model was applied to predict variation of aryl hydrocarbon receptor-mediated toxic potencies among homologues of chrysene with structural modifications such as the numbers of constituent benzene rings, methylation and hydroxylation. Results of predictive models were consistent with empirical potencies determined by use of the H4IIE-luc transactivation bioassay. The experiment-free approach based on first principles provides an analytical framework for estimating molecular bioactivity in silico and complements conventional empirical approaches to studying molecular initiating events in adverse outcome pathways.
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Shirmohammadi M, Mohammadinasab E, Bayat Z. Prediction of Lipophilicity of some Quinolone Derivatives by using Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship. Curr Drug Discov Technol 2019; 18:83-94. [PMID: 31701848 DOI: 10.2174/1570163816666191108145026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2019] [Revised: 07/24/2019] [Accepted: 09/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Quantitative structure activity relationship (QSAR) was used to study the partition coefficient of some quinolones and their derivatives. METHODS These molecules are broad-spectrum antibiotic pharmaceutics. First, data were divided into two categories of train and test (validation) sets using a random selection method. Second, three approaches, including stepwise selection (STS) (forward), genetic algorithm (GA), and simulated annealing (SA) were used to select the descriptors, to examine the effect feature selection methods. To find the relation between descriptors and partition coefficient, multiple linear regression (MLR), principal component regression (PCR) and partial least squares (PLS) were used. RESULTS QSAR study showed that both regression and descriptor selection methods have a vital role in the results. Different statistical metrics showed that the MLR-SA approach with (r2=0.96, q2=0.91, pred_r2=0.95) gives the best outcome. CONCLUSION The proposed expression by the MLR-SA approach can be used in the better design of novel quinolones and their derivatives.
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- Department of Chemistry, Quchan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Quchan, Iran
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Kähkönen EE. Is It Safe to Paint Your Wall White? A Case Study on Titanium Dioxide Classification. INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT 2019; 15:1000-1011. [PMID: 31286652 DOI: 10.1002/ieam.4186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Revised: 01/08/2019] [Accepted: 06/20/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Titanium dioxide (TiO2 ) is in the process of being classified as a suspected carcinogenic substance (Carc 2). The present case study probes the outcomes of this potential classification in terms of the reduction of hazardous exposure to TiO2 due to its classification. Furthermore, the case study examines the elements that are causing ambiguity during the classification process. This study was conducted by walking through the process from the present exposure to TiO2 to the hazard assessment associated with TiO2 exposure, to the regulatory classification process, and to practical outcomes affecting TiO2 usage. Finally, the impact of the classification on exposure, which was originally considered potentially hazardous, is evaluated. The case study shows that TiO2 classification as a carcinogen will not directly reduce respiratory exposure to TiO2 , which was the original reason for the classification. Instead, the classification will lead to restrictions on recycling. Moreover, the classification will have an impact on certain solid artifacts and liquid mixtures for which hazardous exposure was not detected. Altogether, the present case raises questions concerning hazard communications associated with the Carc 2 classification; treatment of poorly soluble low toxicity (PSLT) particles and nanoparticles in the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) and the Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) classifications; and use of human exposure studies for the purposes of chemical regulations. Based on the present study, the following recommendations are made: the final decision on the TiO2 classification should be reconsidered together with those of other PSLT particles and take into account extensive developments in the field of nanoscience. Furthermore, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) should develop state-of-the-art guidance on how to use the available human exposure data. Finally, the authorities that are in charge of European Union chemicals management are advised to further develop the regulatory network to utilize the information generated in REACH processes as efficiently as possible and to verify that the connections between the regulations result in the intended outcome. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2019;00:1-12. © 2019 SETAC.
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Rezaei M, Mohammadinasab E, Esfahani TM. Quantitative Structure-activity Relationship Analysis for Predicting Lipophilicity of Aniline Derivatives (Including some Pharmaceutical Compounds). Comb Chem High Throughput Screen 2019; 22:333-345. [PMID: 31446891 DOI: 10.2174/1386207322666190419111559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2019] [Revised: 04/08/2019] [Accepted: 04/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND In this study, we used a hierarchical approach to develop quantitative structureactivity relationship (QSAR) models for modeling lipophilicity of a set of 81 aniline derivatives containing some pharmaceutical compounds. OBJECTIVE The multiple linear regression (MLR), principal component regression (PCR) and partial least square regression (PLSR) methods were utilized to construct QSAR models. MATERIALS AND METHODS Quantum mechanical calculations at the density functional theory level and 6- 311++G** basis set were carried out to obtain the optimized geometry and then, the comprehensive set of molecular descriptors was computed by using the Dragon software. Genetic algorithm (GA) was applied to select suitable descriptors which have the most correlation with lipophilicity of the studied compounds. RESULTS It was identified that such descriptors as Barysz matrix (SEigZ), hydrophilicity factor (Hy), Moriguchi octanol-water partition coefficient (MLOGP), electrophilicity (ω/eV) van der Waals volume (vWV) and lethal concentration (LC50/molkg-1) are the best descriptors for QSAR modeling. The high correlation coefficients and the low prediction errors for MLR, PCR and PLSR methods confirmed good predictability of the three models. CONCLUSION In present study, the high correlation between experimental and predicted logP values of aniline derivatives indicated the validation and the good quality of the resulting three regression methods, but MLR regression procedure was a little better than the PCR and PLSR methods. It was concluded that the studied aniline derivatives are not hydrophilic compounds and this means these compounds hardly dissolve in water or an aqueous solvent.
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- Morteza Rezaei
- Department of Chemistry, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran
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Grisoni F, Consonni V, Vighi M. Detecting the bioaccumulation patterns of chemicals through data-driven approaches. CHEMOSPHERE 2018; 208:273-284. [PMID: 29879561 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.05.157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2018] [Revised: 05/23/2018] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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This work investigates the bioaccumulation patterns of 168 organic chemicals in fish, by comparing their bioconcentration factor (BCF), biomagnification factor (BMF) and octanol-water partitioning coefficient (KOW). It aims to gain insights on the relationships between dietary and non-dietary bioaccumulation in aquatic environment, on the effectiveness of KOW and BCF to detect compounds that bioaccumulate through diet, as well as to detect the presence of structure-related bioaccumulation patterns. A linear relationship between logBMF and logKOW was observed (logBMF = 1.14·logBCF - 6.20) up to logKOW ≈ 4, as well as between logBMF and logBCF (logBMF = 0.96·logBCF - 4.06) up to a logBCF ≈ 5. 10% of compounds do not satisfy the linear BCF-BMF relationship. The deviations from such linear relationships were further investigated with the aid of a self-organizing map and canonical correlation analysis, which allowed us to shed light on some structure-related patterns. Finally, the usage of KOW- and BCF-based thresholds to detect compounds that accumulate through diet led to many false positives (47%-91% for KOW), and a moderate number of false negatives (up to 5% for BCF). These results corroborate the need of using the experimental BMF for hazard assessment practices, as well as of developing computational tools for BMF prediction.
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- Francesca Grisoni
- University of Milano-Bicocca, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Milano, Italy.
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- University of Milano-Bicocca, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Milano, Italy
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- IMDEA Water Institute, Alcalà de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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Zarei K, Atabati M, Ahmadi M. Shuffling cross-validation-bee algorithm as a new descriptor selection method for retention studies of pesticides in biopartitioning micellar chromatography. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART. B, PESTICIDES, FOOD CONTAMINANTS, AND AGRICULTURAL WASTES 2017; 52:346-352. [PMID: 28277080 DOI: 10.1080/03601234.2017.1283139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Bee algorithm (BA) is an optimization algorithm inspired by the natural foraging behaviour of honey bees to find the optimal solution which can be proposed to feature selection. In this paper, shuffling cross-validation-BA (CV-BA) was applied to select the best descriptors that could describe the retention factor (log k) in the biopartitioning micellar chromatography (BMC) of 79 heterogeneous pesticides. Six descriptors were obtained using BA and then the selected descriptors were applied for model development using multiple linear regression (MLR). The descriptor selection was also performed using stepwise, genetic algorithm and simulated annealing methods and MLR was applied to model development and then the results were compared with those obtained from shuffling CV-BA. The results showed that shuffling CV-BA can be applied as a powerful descriptor selection method. Support vector machine (SVM) was also applied for model development using six selected descriptors by BA. The obtained statistical results using SVM were better than those obtained using MLR, as the root mean square error (RMSE) and correlation coefficient (R) for whole data set (training and test), using shuffling CV-BA-MLR, were obtained as 0.1863 and 0.9426, respectively, while these amounts for the shuffling CV-BA-SVM method were obtained as 0.0704 and 0.9922, respectively.
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- Kobra Zarei
- a School of Chemistry , Damghan University , Damghan , Iran
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- a School of Chemistry , Damghan University , Damghan , Iran
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Pizzo F, Lombardo A, Manganaro A, Cappelli CI, Petoumenou MI, Albanese F, Roncaglioni A, Brandt M, Benfenati E. Integrated in silico strategy for PBT assessment and prioritization under REACH. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2016; 151:478-492. [PMID: 27567352 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2016] [Revised: 07/21/2016] [Accepted: 08/12/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Chemicals may persist in the environment, bioaccumulate and be toxic for humans and wildlife, posing great concern. These three properties, persistence (P), bioaccumulation (B), and toxicity (T) are the key targets of the PBT-hazard assessment. The European regulation for the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) requires assessment of PBT-properties for all chemicals that are produced or imported in Europe in amounts exceeding 10 tonnes per year, checking whether the criteria set out in REACH Annex XIII are met, so the substance should therefore be considered to have properties of very high concern. Considering how many substances can fall under the REACH regulation, there is a pressing need for new strategies to identify and screen large numbers fast and inexpensively. An efficient non-testing screening approach to identify PBT candidates is necessary, as a valuable alternative to money- and time-consuming laboratory tests and a good start for prioritization since few tools exist (e.g. the PBT profiler developed by US EPA). The aim of this work was to offer a conceptual scheme for identifying and prioritizing chemicals for further assessment and if appropriate further testing, based on their PBT-potential, using a non-testing screening approach. We integrated in silico models (using existing and developing new ones) in a final algorithm for screening and ranking PBT-potential, which uses experimental and predicted values as well as associated uncertainties. The Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) theory was used to integrate the different values. Then we compiled a new set of data containing known PBT and non-PBT substances, in order to check how well our approach clearly differentiated compounds labeled as PBT from those labeled as non-PBT. This indicated that the integrated model distinguished between PBT from non-PBT compounds.
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- Fabiola Pizzo
- IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri", Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Via La Masa 19, 20159 Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri", Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Via La Masa 19, 20159 Milan, Italy.
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- IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri", Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Via La Masa 19, 20159 Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri", Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Via La Masa 19, 20159 Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri", Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Via La Masa 19, 20159 Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri", Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Via La Masa 19, 20159 Milan, Italy
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- Umweltbundesamt (UBA) - German Federal Environment Agency, Wörlitzer Platz 1, 06844 Dessau-Roßlau, Germany
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- IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri", Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Via La Masa 19, 20159 Milan, Italy
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Grisoni F, Consonni V, Vighi M, Villa S, Todeschini R. Expert QSAR system for predicting the bioconcentration factor under the REACH regulation. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2016; 148:507-512. [PMID: 27152714 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.04.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2016] [Revised: 04/20/2016] [Accepted: 04/25/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
Abstract
Expert systems are a rational integration of several models that generally aim to exploit their advantages and overcome their drawbacks. This work is founded on our previously published Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) classification scheme, which detects compounds whose Bioconcentration Factor (BCF) is (1) well predicted by the octanol-water partition coefficient (KOW), (2) underestimated by KOW or (3) overestimated by KOW. The classification scheme served as the starting point to identify and combine the best BCF model for each class among three VEGA models and one KOW-based equation. The rationalized model integration showed stability and surprising performance on unknown data when compared with benchmark BCF models. Model simplicity, transparency and mechanistic interpretation were fostered in order to allow for its application and acceptance within the REACH framework.
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- Francesca Grisoni
- University of Milano-Bicocca, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Milano, Italy; Milano Chemometrics and QSAR Research Group, Milano, Italy.
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- University of Milano-Bicocca, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Milano, Italy; Milano Chemometrics and QSAR Research Group, Milano, Italy
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- University of Milano-Bicocca, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Milano, Italy
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- University of Milano-Bicocca, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Milano, Italy
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- University of Milano-Bicocca, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Milano, Italy; Milano Chemometrics and QSAR Research Group, Milano, Italy
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Benfenati E, Belli M, Borges T, Casimiro E, Cester J, Fernandez A, Gini G, Honma M, Kinzl M, Knauf R, Manganaro A, Mombelli E, Petoumenou MI, Paparella M, Paris P, Raitano G. Results of a round-robin exercise on read-across. SAR AND QSAR IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2016; 27:371-384. [PMID: 27167159 DOI: 10.1080/1062936x.2016.1178171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2016] [Accepted: 04/11/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
Abstract
A round-robin exercise was conducted within the CALEIDOS LIFE project. The participants were invited to assess the hazard posed by a substance, applying in silico methods and read-across approaches. The exercise was based on three endpoints: mutagenicity, bioconcentration factor and fish acute toxicity. Nine chemicals were assigned for each endpoint and the participants were invited to complete a specific questionnaire communicating their conclusions. The interesting aspect of this exercise is the justification behind the answers more than the final prediction in itself. Which tools were used? How did the approach selected affect the final answer?
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- E Benfenati
- a IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri , Milano , Italy
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- a IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri , Milano , Italy
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- b Direcção-Geral da Saúde , Lisboa , Portugal
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- c INFOTOX, Consultores de Riscos Ambientais e Tecnológicos, Lda , Lisboa , Portugal
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- d Universitat Rovira i Virgili , Tarragona , Spain
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- d Universitat Rovira i Virgili , Tarragona , Spain
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- e Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione , Milan , Italy
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- f Division of Genetics and Mutagenesis , National Institute of Health Sciences , Tokyo , Japan
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- g Umweltbundesamt GmbH , Vienna , Austria
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- h Centro REACH S.r.l. , Milan , Italy
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- j Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques , Verneuil-en-Halatte , France
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- a IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri , Milano , Italy
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- k Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale , Rome , Italy
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- a IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri , Milano , Italy
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