Table 1.

Studied groups, their exposing to saline or paraquate and treatment protocol

Groups	Exposed to Agent and duration	Dose	Treatment with Agent and duration	Dose
Control	Salin aerosol for 30/day min, 8 times in every other day order over 16 days	-	-	-
PQ	Paraquat aerosol for 30/day min, 8 times in every other day order over 16 days	54 mg/m3	-	-
PQ-Pio	Paraquat aerosol (54 mg/m3) for 30 min, 8 times in every other day order over 16 days	54 mg/m3	Pioglitazone for 16 days after the end of PQ exposure	5 mg/kg/day
Pio+Z	Paraquat aerosol for 30 min/day, 8 times in every other day order over 16 days	54 mg/m3	Pio + Z. multiflora extract for 16 days after the end of PQ exposure	Pio + 200 mg/kg/day
Pio+Carv	Paraquat aerosol for 30 min/day, 8 times in every other day order over 16 days	54 mg/m3	Pio + Carvacrol for 16 days after the end of PQ exposure	Pio + 20 mg/kg/day
PQ-Dexa	Paraquat aerosol for 30 min/day, 8 times in every other day order over 16 days	54 mg/m3	Dexamethasone for 16 days after the end of PQ exposure	0.03 mg/kg/day