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Table 4.

8‐OHdG, TBARS and BrdU‐LI levels in lung of rats treated with or without IQ

Treatment No. of rats 8‐OHdG levels (8‐OHdG/105 dG) TBARS levels (nmol MDA/g lung) BrdU labeling index (BrdU positive cells/total cells (%))
Control 5 0.89 ± 0.20 31.9 ± 4.4 10.9 ± 7.7
IQ (300 p.p.m) 5 1.01 ± 0.55 28.6 ± 9.3 26.5 ± 8.2*
*

P < 0.05, significantly different from the control values.