Protective and therapeutic effects of ethanolic extract of Nasturtium officinale (watercress) and vitamin E against bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in rats

• Main Authors: Sanaz Ramezani (Author), Iraj Javadi (Author), Esmaeel Panahi Kokhdan (Author), Navid Omidifar (Author), Jafar Nikbakht (Author), Heibatollah Sadeghi (Author), Amir Hossein Doustimotlagh (Author), Nazanin Danaei (Author), Reza Abbasi (Author), Hossein Sadeghi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background and purpose: Pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic disease of the lungs caused by inflammation, species of reactive oxygen, and immune defects. Antioxidant properties of Nasturtium officinale has been reported in some studies. Therefore, the objective of the current study was to evaluate the ef...