Toxicity and Metal Corrosion of Glutaraldehyde-Didecyldimethylammonium Bromide as a Disinfectant Agent

Table 2

Acute peroral toxicity assays of GD.

Groups	Dose	Number of mice	Number of dead mice	Growth rate of weight (%)	Mortality; (%)
1	0	10	0	44 ± 1.3	0
2	0.05% GA + 0.01% DDAB	10	0	43.9 ± 3.0	0
3	0.1% GA + 0.02% DDAB	10	0	31.3 ± 2.8	0
4	0.2% GA + 0.04% DDAB	10	3	33.1 ± 2.3	30
5	0.4% GA + 0.08% DDAB	10	7	-1.56 ± 8.4	70
6	0.5% GA + 0.1% DDAB	10	10	- -	100

Note: P < 0.01.