Acute Toxicity and Dermal and Eye Irritation of the Aqueous and Hydroalcoholic Extracts of the Seeds of “Zapote” Pouteria mammosa (L.) Cronquist

Table 4

Evaluation of ophthalmic damage caused by the aqueous and hydroalcoholic 25% extracts of seeds of Pouteria mammosa (L.) Cronquist (Zapote).

Hours	Damage observed in the group treated with aqueous extract of seeds of Pouteria mammosa			Damage observed in the group treated with hydroalcoholic 25% extract of seeds of Pouteria mammosa
	Conjunctiva	Iris	Cornea	Conjunctiva	Iris	Cornea
1	34	20	40	26	20	110
24	18	10	10	24	10	20
48	12	5	0	12	0	0
72	8	0	0	8	0	0
96	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	72	35	50	70	30	130
Number of observations	157			230
Ocular Irritation Score	10.5			15.3