Upregulation of Heme Oxygenase-1 in Response to Wild Thyme Treatment Protects against Hypertension and Oxidative Stress

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The quantity of (a) plasma and (b) liver heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), (c) direct bilirubin (BIL-D) in plasma, and (d) total plasma bilirubin (BIL-T) in experimental groups. W-C, normotensive Wistar rats, and SHR-C, spontaneously hypertensive rats, received vehicle. W-TE and SHR-TE groups received thyme extract. and , the significant difference between TE treated and appropriate control group.

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