GULFTENE C16-18 ISOMERISED OLEFINS - NICNAS

Draize score intact skins:
Time after Animal #
treatment 1 2 3 4 5 6
Erythema
24 hours 1 2 0 0 1 1
72 hours 0 1 0 0 0 0
Oedema
24 - 72 hours All individual scores were zero
a see Attachment 1 for Draize scales.
Draize score abraded skins:
Time after Animal #
treatment 1 2 3 4 5 6
Erythema
24 hours 1 2 1 1 1 1
72 hours 0 1 0 0 0 0
Oedema
24 - 72 hours All individual scores were zero
a see Attachment 1 for Draize scales.
Average Primary Irritation
Score (total of all sites):
0.6
Comment: Very slight to well defined erythema was observed at intact
and abraded sites. An increased incidence of erythema
occurred at abraded sites.
No oedema observed at intact or abraded sites.
Result: C16 was slightly irritating to the skin of rabbits.
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