Research Article
Dietary Flaxseed Oil Protects against Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis in Rats
Table 1
(a) Body weight gain or loss shown by experimental group after bleomycin treatment. (b) Food intake averages by experimental group after bleomycin treatment.
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Rat weights measured each week, number of rats: = 3–5. aData are expressed as mean ± SEM. The numerical values are expressed as grams (g). Significant differences are noted in a row for the respective measurement. The level of significance is . *BC versus BF groups, . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Food intake measured daily, number of rats: = 13–18. aData are expressed as mean ± SEM. The numerical values are expressed as grams (g). Significant differences are noted in a row for the respective measurement. The level of significance is . *BC versus BF groups, . |