Table 2.

The percentage values of the parameters analyzed between xylene and cedarwood oil processing for skin and with its respective P values (Kruskal-Wallis P<0.05=statistically significant)

Tissue	Parameters	Types of processing	Weak (%)	Intense (%)	Good (%)	Excellent (%)	P
Skin	Cytoplasmic staining	Xylene processing	40	20	40	0	0.496
		CO processing	20	20	40	0
	Nuclear staining	Xylene processing	80	20	0	0	0.012*
		CO processing	0	40	40	20
	Background staining		Nil (%)	Mild (%)	Moderate (%)	Severe (%)	0.740
		Xylene processing	40	20	40	0
		CO processing	40	40	20	0
	Artifacts		Present (%)		Absent (%)		0.513
		Xylene processing	80		20
		CO processing	60		40

P value <0.05, CO: Cedarwood oil