Quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) approaches are proposed in this study to predict the joint effects of mixture toxicity. The initial investigation studies the joint effects between cyanogenic toxicants and aldehydes to Photobacterium phosphoreum. Joint effects are found to result from the formation of a carbanion intermediate produced through the chemical interactions between cyanogenic toxicants and aldehydes. Further research indicates that the formation of carbanion intermediate is highly correlated with not only the charge of the carbon atom in the-CHO of aldehydes but also the charge of the carbon atom (C*) in the carbochain of cyanogenic toxicants. The charge of the carbon atom in the-CHO of aldehydes is quantified by using the Hammett constant (