What is a QSAR? How does this apply to polychlorinated dibenzodioxins and dibenzofurans?

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The Answer is It is the quantitative structure-activity relationshps and is the first tool used to assess how a new chemical may be toxic based on the structural relationships is shares with known toxicants. For chemicals with high toxicity based on their strong binding to the Ah receptor, they are assessed based on TEFs or Toxic Equivalency Factors or Total Dioxin-TEQ (how they compare to 2,3,7,8-TCDD, the compound with the greatest affinity for this receptor and cause cell proliferation/cancer).

What Is a QSAR? How Does This Apply to Polychlorinated