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VEGAHUB for Ecotoxicological QSAR Modeling

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Ecotoxicological QSARs

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Abstract

VEGAHUB is a freely available platform, which offers tens of QSAR models for many endpoints of environmental and ecotoxicological interest. In the last years, other tools have been added, for read across and prioritization. These tools can be used in an integrated way.

An interesting feature of VEGAHUB is the possibility to evaluate the reliability of the assessment, in particular for the QSAR models and for the software for prioritization.

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  1. Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Department of Environmental Health, Milan, Italy

    Emilio Benfenati & Anna Lombardo

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Benfenati, E., Lombardo, A. (2020). VEGAHUB for Ecotoxicological QSAR Modeling. In: Roy, K. (eds) Ecotoxicological QSARs. Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0150-1_30

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