Table III.

Data of the Skin Irritation Test

Rat	Gp A		Gp B		Gp C		Gp D		Gp E		Gp F
	Er.	Ed.	Er.	Ed.	Er.	Ed.	Er.	Ed.	Er.	Ed.	Er.	Ed.
1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2	0	0	3	2.5	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.5	0
3	0	0	4	4	0.5	0	0.5	0	0.5	0	1	0
4	0	0	4	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0.5	0
5	0	0	4	2.5	0	1	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
6	0	0	3.5	2	1	1	0.5	0	1	0	1	0
Av.	0.00	0.00	3.58	2.67	0.42	0.33	0.50	0.08	0.58	0.00	0.83	0.00
SD	0.00	0.00	0.49	0.75	0.49	0.52	0.45	0.20	0.49	0.00	0.52	0.00
PII	0.00 ± 0.00		6.25 ± 1.24a		0.58 ± 0.49b,c		0.83 ± 0.52b,c		0.38 ± 1.01b,c		0.29 ± 0.65b,c

GP group, Er. erythema, Ed. edema, Av average, SD standard deviation, PII primary irritancy index

^a p < 0.001 significant when compared to group A;

^b p < 0.001 significant when compared to group B;

^c p > 0.05 nonsignificant when compared to group A