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Raspberry pi: Assessments of emerging organic chemicals by the predictive in silico methods

Arulanandam, C. D.; R, P.; Govindarajan, R. K.

2021-01-17 pharmacology and toxicology
10.1101/2021.01.15.426465 bioRxiv
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Phthalic acid esters (PAEs) and bisphenols are used as plasticizers worldwide. During plastic production, use, deposition, and recycling these compounds contaminate the environment and affect environmental health. In this study, we investigated the toxicity of plasticizers by using in silico tools. None of the test compounds were found to be hERG blockers in multiclass predictions as evaluated by the Pred-hERG 4.1 tool. Among all tested compounds in Pred-Skin 2.0, only BBP, BCP, DBP, diethyl phthalate (DEP), DMP, DNHP, DNPP, DPP, DTDP, DUP, and ODP were non-skin sensitizers. Our results demonstrate that in silico tools provide a reliable, fast, and economic way to explore the toxicological effects of EOCs.

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