Quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) approach is one of the most commonly used methods for prediction of biological properties to aid the drug discovery process. It is an adequate alternative way for expensive and time-consuming ecotoxicological experiments. Since the mid-1960s, QSAR paradigm ('similar compounds have similar activities') remains the foundation of all QSA&R models developed so far (Heppner, 1988).
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