Treatment with tucumã oil (Astrocaryum vulgare) for diabetic mice prevents changes in seric enzymes of the purinergic system: Improvement of immune system

The aim of this study was to evaluate the enzymatic activity of the purinergic system in sera samples from alloxan-induced diabetic mice treated with tucumã oil (Astrocaryum vulgare). For this, the mice were divided into four groups (n=6): control/water (the group CW); control/tucumã oil (the group CT); diabetic/water (the group DW), and diabetic/tucumã oil (the group DT) treated for 14days with 5.0mLkg−1 via oral gavage. On day 14 post-treatment, mice were submitted to euthanasia and blood samples were collected by cardiac puncture. Tucumã oil treatment significantly decreased (p