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Alternatives to animal experiments for eye irritation

7. Abbreviations

BCOP: test with isolated bovine eyes.
BGA: German Ministry of Health.
CAM: the chorioallantoic membrane of hens eggs.
CAMVA: test with the chorioallantoic membrane of hens eggs.
COLIPA: association of European cosmetics producers.
CORROSITEXTM: physico-chemical test for corrosivity.
CTFA: association of US cosmetics producers.
in vitro: in glass.
in vivo: in the whole organism.
CV: coefficient of variation.
Draize test: experiment with rabbits for ocular irritation.
ECETOC: European center for toxicology.
ECVAM: the EU Commissions center for validation of alternative tests.
EpiOcularTM: reconstituted epithelial cultures, a corneal tissue model
EYTEXTM: test with plant proteins.
GLP: good laboratory practice.
HET-CAM: test with the chorioallantoic membrane of hens eggs.
IRAG: international group of regulatory authorities.
JCIA: association of Japanese cosmetics producers.
JMHW: Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare.
MAS: maximal average scoring value in the Draize test.
MATREXTM: fibroblast tissue model.
MMAS: modified maximal average scoring value in the Draize test.
MTT: test with a tetrazolium salt for cellular viability.
NaOH: sodium hydroxide.
PredisafeTM: test for release of neutral red.
r: Pearsons linear correlation coefficient.
REC: reconstituted epithelial cultures, a corneal tissue model
SD: standard deviation.
SKIN2TM ZK1100: fibroblast tissue model
SKIN2TM ZK1200: keratinocyte/fibroblast tissue model
SLS: sodium lauryl sulfate

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