A Pilot Study: The Efficacy of Virgin Coconut Oil as Ocular Rewetting Agent on Rabbit Eyes

Table 1

Mean (±SD) for study eyes at each time point using different types of drops. (Agent I: VCO, agent II: saline, and agent III: Tears Naturale II.)

Mean (±SD)	Agent	0 min	30 min	60 min	2 weeks
NIBUT	I	20.76 ± 2.36	19.71 ± 2.10	20.26 ± 2.26	20.61 ± 1.96
	II	22.52 ± 2.60	22.34 ± 3.59	22.44 ± 3.05	23.40 ± 3.30
	III	22.70 ± 1.57	23.71 ± 2.24	24.31 ± 3.03	24.31 ± 3.29
Corneal staining	I	0.83 ± 0.29	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00
	II	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00
	III	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00	0.83 ± 0.29
Limbal hyperemia	I	0.83 ± 0.29	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00
	II	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00
	III	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00	0.83 ± 0.29
Conjunctival hyperemia	I	0.83 ± 0.29	1.33 ± 0.29	1.50 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00
	II	0.67 ± 0.58	1.50 ± 0.00	1.50 ± 0.00	0.50 ± 0.50
	III	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00	0.83 ± 0.29
Palpebral hyperemia	I	0.83 ± 0.29	1.33 ± 0.29	1.50 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00
	II	0.67 ± 0.58	1.50 ± 0.00	1.50 ± 0.00	0.50 ± 0.50
	III	1.00 ± 0.00	1.17 ± 0.29	1.33 ± 0.29	0.83 ± 0.29
Schirmer test	I	1.00 ± 0.00	1.33 ± 0.29	1.33 ± 0.29	1.00 ± 0.00
	II	0.67 ± 0.58	0.67 ± 0.58	0.83 ± 0.76	1.00 ± 0.50
	III	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00	0.83 ± 0.29
pH	I	7.67 ± 0.19	7.67 ± 0.38	7.89 ± 0.22	8.00 ± 0.39
	II	7.34 ± 1.45	7.67 ± 0.38	7.67 ± 0.19	7.56 ± 1.06
	III	6.66 ± 0.88	6.67 ± 0.96	7.22 ± 0.73	7.11 ± 0.22