The Hydroalcoholic Extract of Nasturtium officinale Reduces Lung Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in an Ovalbumin-Induced Rat Model of Asthma

Table 1

Effect of NOE on the cytokine markers in OVA-induced asthma rats.

Groups	TNF-α (pg/ml)	IL-10 (pg/ml)	IL-6 (pg/ml)
C	15.96 ± 2.36	7.31 ± 0.29	3.92 ± 0.50
A	30.56 ± 2.88	7.56 ± 0.23	3.67 ± 0.09
NOE	37.74 ± 2.10	7.53 ± 0.35	3.65 ± 0.47
A + NOE	20.81 ± 1.80	7.67 ± 0.55	3.82 ± 0.09
A + DTX	29.53 ± 7.13	8.51 ± 0.47	3.61 ± 0.86

Values presented as mean ± SEM. C: control; A: asthma; NOE: 500 mg hydroalcoholic extract of Nasturtium officinale; DTX: 2.5 mg dexamethasone. TNF-α: Tumor Necrosis Factor α; IL-10: Interleukin-10; IL-6: Interleukin-6. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM; significant difference compared to the C group (), ^#significant difference compared to the A group ().