Study on the Protective Effect of a New Manganese Superoxide Dismutase on the Microvilli of Rabbit Eyes Exposed to UV Radiation

Table 1

Grades of destruction of the microvilli of each sample, treated with control gel formulation and with gel formulation containing rMnSOD, of the conjunctiva and the cornea before and after UV irradiation.

	Samples
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
	Grades
Gel formulation without rMnSOD
Conjunctiva before UV irradiation	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	1
Conjunctiva after UV irradiation	2	3	2	2	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	3	4	3	4	2	3	4	4	3
Cornea before UV irradiation	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1
Cornea after UV irradiation	3	2	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	4	4	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	4	4	3	2	4	4	3
Gel formulation with rMnSOD 2 µg/mL
Conjunctiva before UV irradiation	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1
Conjunctiva after UV irradiation	2	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3
Cornea before UV irradiation	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2
Cornea after UV irradiation	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	3	1	1	2	2	2