Dietary Flaxseed Oil Protects against Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis in Rats

Table 2

Relative (normalized to body weight) weights (g) of organs at 7 days after bleomycin treatment and averaged by experimental group.

7 days	VC	VF	BC	BF
Lung	4.3 ± 0.1^a	4.0±0.1	15.5±0.1	10.3±1.0 *
Heart	4.9±0.1	4.2±0.3	5.5±0.1	4.6±0.2 *
Liver	33.0±0.6	32.7±0.2	37.8±1.9	32.3±0.8 *
Left kidney (LK)	4.1±0.1	4.2±0.1	5.3±0.2	4.6±0.1 *
Right kidney (RK)	4.1±0.1	4.2±0.1	5.4±0.1	4.8±0.1 *

Organ tissue weights measured at the time of sacrifice, number of rats: 𝑛 = 3–5.
No significant differences were found at days 2 and 21.
^aData are expressed as mean ± SEM; all values to 10⁻³.
Significant differences comparing BC and BF groups are noted in a row for the respective tissue.
*BC versus BF groups, 𝑃<0.05.