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

Table 2

Mean (±SD) for control eyes at each time point without drops.

Mean (±SD)	0 min	30 min	60 min	2 weeks
NIBUT	19.65 ± 1.53	19.60 ± 1.49	20.63 ± 2.06	19.81 ± 1.89
	20.82 ± 1.37	20.63 ± 1.75	20.71 ± 2.43	19.28 ± 1.20
	21.74 ± 1.99	20.33 ± 1.41	19.85 ± 1.64	20.80 ± 0.92
Corneal staining	0.83 ± 0.29	0.83 ± 0.29	0.83 ± 0.29	0.83 ± 0.29
	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00	0.83 ± 0.29
	1.33 ± 0.58	1.33 ± 0.58	1.33 ± 0.58	0.83 ± 0.29
Limbal hyperemia	0.83 ± 0.29	0.83 ± 0.29	0.83 ± 0.29	0.83 ± 0.29
	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00	0.83 ± 0.29
	1.33 ± 0.58	1.33 ± 0.58	1.33 ± 0.58	0.83 ± 0.29
Conjunctival hyperemia	0.83 ± 0.29	1.00 ± 0.00	1.17 ± 0.29	1.00 ± 0.00
	1.00 ± 0.00	1.33 ± 0.29	1.33 ± 0.29	0.50 ± 0.50
	1.00 ± 0.00	1.17 ± 0.29	1.17 ± 0.29	1.00 ± 0.00
Palpebral hyperemia	0.83 ± 0.29	1.00 ± 0.00	1.17 ± 0.29	1.00 ± 0.00
	1.00 ± 0.00	1.33 ± 0.29	1.33 ± 0.29	0.50 ± 0.50
	1.00 ± 0.00	1.17 ± 0.29	1.17 ± 0.29	1.00 ± 0.00
Schirmer test	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00
	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00	0.83 ± 0.29
	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00
pH	7.67 ± 0.00	7.56 ± 0.59	7.56 ± 0.11	7.33 ± 0.33
	8.66 ± 0.67	8.44 ± 0.73	8.89 ± 0.29	8.00 ± 0.33
	7.11 ± 0.29	7.11 ± 0.78	7.33 ± 0.51	7.55 ± 0.22