Table 3 Clinical inflammatory features of alkali chemical injury on rabbit's cornea between conventional treated and honey treated group
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Conventional Treated Group n = 5 |
Honey Treated Group n = 5 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mild | Moderate | Severe | Mild | Moderate | Severe | P value | |
| Conjunctival hyperemia | |||||||
| 12 hours | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | - |
| 24 hours | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | - |
| 72 hours | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.000a |
| 5 days | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.524a |
| 7 days | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1.000a |
| Corneal edema | |||||||
| 12 hours | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1.000a |
| 24 hours | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.444a |
| 72 hours | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.287b |
| 5 days | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.000a |
| 7 days | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.368b |
| Epithelial defect | |||||||
| 12 hours | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | - |
| 24 hours | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | - |
| 72 hours | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.444a |
| 5 days | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.565b |
| 7 days | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.097b |
