Table 7.
Responsive scores of skin irritation.
| Skin responses | Time (Hrs) | Score |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rabbit 1 | Rabbit 2 | Rabbit 3 | ||
| Erythema | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Oedema | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Primary irritation index (PII) | PII = 2/8 = 0.25 | PII = 3/8 = 0.38 | PII = 2/8 = 0.25 | |
| Average Primary irritation index = (0.25 + 0.38+0.25)/3 = 0.29 | ||||
Data of mean ± SD of 3 independent experiments.