PATTERN-RECOGNITION ANALYSIS OF CARCINOGENIC POLYCYCLIC-HYDROCARBONS

1 January 1981

journal article
research article

Vol. 292 (7) , 495-498

Abstract

Pattern recognition was used for investigating the role of the molecular structure of polycyclic hydrocarbons in their carcinogenic action. A series of molecules was considered, in which physicochemical properties are known to be closely related to the number and location of their aromatic rings. From a pattern recognition program and 2 learning subsets (carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic molecules), it has been shown that the shape of the molecule is correlated with its carcinogenic power. An index of carcinogenicity can be estimated for any molecule in the considered set.

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