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

BACKGROUND: Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis is characterized by an altered cellular composition of the alveolar region with excessive deposition of collagen. Lung inflammation is also common in pulmonary fibrosis. This study aims to test the inhibition of 5-lipooxygenase (5-LOX) by boswellic acid (B...

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Autores principales: Ali, Eman Noaman, Mansour, Somaya Zakaria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3199276/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21961991
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8546-6-36