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

Table 1

Levels or activities of various markers of oxidative stress in the lung tissue of the rats from control and treated groups.

Biochemical estimations	Control	Bleomycin	Bleomycin + quercetin
Malondialdehyde level; (nmoles MDA/mg tissue)	44.34±1.28	60.63±1.87^∗	46.64±1.13^#
Superoxide dismutase; (U/mg tissue)	0.34±0.03	0.21±0.01^∗	0.31±0.02^#
Catalase; (μM H2O2 consumed/mg tissue/min)	18.94±1.22	12.68±0.82^∗	17.32±1.46^#

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