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Abstract The atom-bond connectivity index (ABC-index) is a useful topological index employed in studying the stability of alkanes and the strain energy of cycloalkanes. The ABC-index of a nontrivial graph G, denoted by A B C ( G ) , is defined as A B C ( G ) = ∑ v i v j ∈ E ( G ) d i + d j − 2 d i d j , where d i is the degree of vertex v i in G. In this paper, we first present some lower bounds for ABC-index by means of some known inequalities. Then we give some upper bounds for ABC-index in terms of graph parameters such as clique number, vertex connectivity, algebraic connectivity and spectral radius. Moreover, we give some lower and upper bounds for ABC-index of Mycielski graphs. Finally, we compare ABC-index with other graph invariants for connected graphs.