Insights on the Tunisian Prickly Pear Molasses as a Potential Antifibrotic and Antioxidant Candidate against Lung Fibrosis
Sana Bahri,
Souhir Bouazizi,
Afef Nahdi
et al.
Abstract:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic and progressive interstitial disease leading to pulmonary damage and respiratory failure. We aimed to investigate the effect of prickly pear molasses (PPM) on an experimental model of pulmonary fibrosis induced by bleomycin (BLM) in Wistar rat.
Animals were divided into 5 groups: the control group (G1), the BLM group (G2) and three groups (G3, G4, G5) receiving a single intra‐tracheal injection of BLM (4 mg/kg) and PPM (at 2, 4.5 and10 %) that was introduced in… Show more
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