Protective and therapeutic effects of ethanolic extract of (watercress) and vitamin E against bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in rats.

Background And Purpose: Pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic disease of the lungs caused by inflammation, species of reactive oxygen, and immune defects. Antioxidant properties of has been reported in some studies. Therefore, the objective of the current study was to evaluate the effect of ethanolic extract of (EENO) on bleomycin (BLM)-induced lung fibrosis in rats.