Figure 1.

Effects of treatment with bark extract of Bathysa cuspidata (BCE 200 and 400 mg/kg, wt.) on survival of Wistar rats with extra-pulmonary acute lung injury induced by a single dose of paraquat (PQ, 30 mg/kg, wt, i.p). SAL, saline; PQ, paraquat; VE, vehicle (DMSO). There was significant reduction in mortality in the groups intoxicated and treated with both doses of the extract at the end of the experiment (P < 0.01), Log-rank (Mantel–Cox) test.