Prediction of the effect of formulation on the toxicity of chemicals

Toxicol Res (Camb). 2017 Jan 1;6(1):42-53. doi: 10.1039/c6tx00303f. Epub 2016 Oct 31.

Abstract

Two approaches for the prediction of which of two vehicles will result in lower toxicity for anticancer agents are presented. Machine-learning models are developed using decision tree, random forest and partial least squares methodologies and statistical evidence is presented to demonstrate that they represent valid models. Separately, a clustering method is presented that allows the ordering of vehicles by the toxicity they show for chemically-related compounds.