Table of Contents

Introduction. Electronic Structure of Metals and Atomic Parameters. Properties of Metals and Metal Ions Related to QSAR Studies. Descriptors for Organometallic Complexes. QSARs for Predicting Cation Toxicity, Bioconcentration, Biosorption, and Binding. QSARs versus BLM. Regulatory Limits and Applications. Constructing QSARs for Metal Ions.

About the Author

Monica Enache hasthirteen years of professional academic experience in Biology. Since 1999 she has been working at the Faculty of Biotechnology of the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Romania. Prior to joining the faculty she has carried out her PhD degree in Liverpool John Moores University (UK), and received her Bachelor of Science degree from the Faculty of Biology of the University of Bucharest (Romania). She is currently a member of the National Society of Cell Biology in Romania, and has authored or co-authoredthen publications andfourteen abstracts for presentations at national or international scientific meetings.