Grading system of the macroscopic signs in the in vivo tolerance studies of insulin loaded chitosan nanoparticlesa.
Grade | Time | ||||||||
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Control | Plain insulin solution | C4T4I4 | |||||||
Time | 0.5 h | 4.0 h | 16.0 h | 0.5 h | 4.0 h | 16.0 h | 0.5 h | 4.0 h | 16.0 h |
Discomfort | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Discharge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Cornea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Conjunctiva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Lids | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
n = 3.