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.

(a)  

	VC	VF	BC	BF
2 days	0.6 ± 2.3^a	0.8±1.9	−17.5±5.3	−20.7±1.6
7 days	23.6±2.2	31.0±1.8	−71.7±2.5	−37.6±15.4*
21 days	97.3±1.7	88.4±11.9	4.2±62.4	16.9±31.0

Rat weights measured each week, number of rats: 𝑛 = 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 𝑃<0.05.
*BC versus BF groups, 𝑃<0.03.

(b)  

VC	VF	BC	BF
23.0	22.2	3.4	11.7^*,a

Food intake measured daily, number of rats: 𝑛 = 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 𝑃<0.05.
*BC versus BF groups, 𝑃<0.001.