Winkler D A, Holan G, Smith D R, Middleton E J, Hart N K, Rihs K, Smith K W
CSIRO Division of Chemicals and Polymers, Melbourne, Australia.
Drug Des Deliv. 1988 Jul;3(2):191-207.
Semiempirical molecular orbital calculations have been performed on a series of hydrazone uncouplers of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation which show insecticidal activity. Regression analysis yielded significant correlations between uncoupling activity, insecticidal potency and such physicochemical or theoretically-derived parameters as lipophilicity, pKa and atom charges.