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Table 2 BALF measurements following intratracheal in rat after different treatment conditions

From: Boswellic acids extract attenuates pulmonary fibrosis induced by bleomycin and oxidative stress from gamma irradiation in rats

Groups

Differential cell count (log10)

Total cell count (log 10)

Macrophages

Neutrophils

Eosinophils

Macrophage viability (%)

Control

7.92 ± 0.55

7.56 ± 0.017

6.56 ± 0.83

6.06 ± 0.71

76.5 ± 1.21

b

NS

NS

0.05

NS

0.01

c

0.001

0.005

0.025

0.05

0.01

BA

7.74 ± 0.35

7.65 ± 0.052

5.90 ± 0.69

5.76 ± 0.16

77.0 ± 0.35

a

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

b

0.0001

0.05

0.01

0.01

0.005

c

0.0001

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

IR

8.54 ± 0.104

7.46 ± 0.139

8.34 ± 0.21

6.46 ± 0.09

87.5 ± 2.25

a

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

c

0.0001

0.005

0.05

0.025

0.025

BA+IR

8.65 ± 0.398

7.52 ± 0.069

8.51 ± 0.42

6.57 ± 0.35

81.4 ± 2.77

a

NS

NS

NS

NS

0.005

b

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

c

0.0001

0.005

NS

0.05

0.025

BL

19.72 ± 0.346

9.93 ± 0.502

9.58 ± 0.42

8.18 ± 0.55

112.4 ± 8.31

a

0.0001

0.005

0.025

0.05

NS

b

0.0001

0.0001

0.05

0.025

0.025

BA+BL

8.6 ± 0.520

7.72 ± 0.191

9.95 ± 0.21

8.65 ± 0.40

79.7 ± 5.54

a

NS

NS

0.01

0.025

0.01

b

NS

NS

0.005

0.005

NS

c

0.0001

0.01

NS

NS

0.025

BL+IR

9.67 ± 0.346

7.50 ± 0.104

9.50 ± 0.47

7.57 ± 0.38

89.7 ± 4.16

a

0.05

NS

0.025

NS

NS

b

NS

NS

0.05

0.025

NS

c

0.0001

0.005

NS

NS

0.05

BA+BL+IR

8.95 ± 0.156

7.82 ± 0.156

8.75 ± 0.40

7.65 ± 0.55

83.5 ± 7.97

a

NS

NS

0.05

NS

0.025

b

NS

0.0001

NS

0.05

NS

c

0.0001

0.01

NS

NS

0.05

  1. Each value represents mean ± SD.
  2. a: Significant difference from Control
  3. b: Significant difference from Irradiation group (IR)
  4. c: Significant difference from BL group (BL)
  5. NS: no significance