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Fig. 2 | BMC Pulmonary Medicine

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From: The dietary antioxidant quercetin reduces hallmarks of bleomycin-induced lung fibrogenesis in mice

Fig. 2

One-week dietary quercetin supplementation safely enhances plasma and pulmonary quercetin levels as well as pulmonary expression of Nrf2 and Nrf2-responsive genes. a quercetin concentration in differently stored diet aliquots, b weight gain in animals fed either the control (n = 3) or quercetin-enriched (n = 3) diet for 1 week, c quercetin concentrations in different organs after 1 week, d expression of Nrf2 and Nrf2-responsive genes after 1-week dietary intervention. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM; * = P < 0.05; ** = P < 0.01 (n = 3 per treatment)

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