Abstract
Azo dyes have several industrial uses. However, these azo dyes and their degradation products showed mutagenicity, inducing damage in environmental and human systems. Computational methods are proposed as cheap and rapid alternatives to predict the toxicity of azo dyes. A benchmark dataset of Ames data for 354 azo dyes was employed to develop three classification strategies using knowledge-based methods and docking simulations. Results were compared and integrated with three models from the literature, developing a series of consensus strategies. The good results confirm the usefulness of in silico methods as a support for experimental methods to predict the mutagenicity of azo compounds.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 239-257 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part C Environmental Carcinogenesis and Ecotoxicology Reviews |
Volume | 35 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2 2017 |
Keywords
- (Q)SAR
- Azo compounds
- consensus model
- docking
- mutagenicity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
- Cancer Research