Evaluating the Ameliorative Potential of Quercetin against the Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis in Wistar Rats

Table 3

Level of MMP-7 in blood plasma and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.

Treatment groups	MMP-7 (ng/mL)
	BAL	Plasma
Control	7.65 ± 0.15	5.59 ± 0.19
Bleomycin	10.58±0.56^∗	7.28±0.49^∗
Bleomycin + quercetin	8.16±0.25^#	6.19±0.17^#

Values are given as mean ± SE for groups of four rats each, *P ≤ 0.05 versus control group, ^#P ≤ 0.05 versus bleomycin group.