Publications by authors named "Tu Vo"

Background: Type 2 diabetes, a lifestyle-related disease demanding daily self-management, is a significant health concern. In this context, the use of telemedicine as a management tool is a relatively new and promising approach. This study aims to contribute to the growing body of knowledge by identifying the effectiveness of telemedicine in managing type 2 diabetes through a systematic review approach.

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Telepharmacy is receiving significant attention as an innovative approach. The objective of this study is to assess the needs and evaluate the impact of telepharmacy applications in drug consultations at Thu Duc City Hospital. We used a cross-sectional research design and conducted a survey with the participation of leaders of the Faculty of Pharmacy, clinical pharmacists, dispensing pharmacists, and patients or their caregivers who receive medication at the Pharmacy of Thu Duc Hospital.

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Uncontrolled blood pressure is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Fixed-dose combination (FDC) therapy offers a promising approach to addressing this challenge by providing a convenient single-tablet solution that enhances the effectiveness of blood pressure control. In our systematic review, we assess the effectiveness of perindopril/amlodipine FDC in managing blood pressure.

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Background: Benzothiazole derivatives have been reported to possess a wide range of biological activities, including antimalarial activity. This systematic review aims to summarize and evaluate the antimalarial activities of benzothiazole analogs.

Methods: We conducted an electronic search using nine databases in October 2017 and subsequently updated in September 2022.

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is traditionally used to prevent and treat some diseases such as liver disorders, hypertension, insomnia, diabetes, and cancer. spore extracts are also reported to share similar bioactivities as extracts from its other parts. However, there is no systematic review that elucidates its pharmacological effect.

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Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease relating to steady hyperglycemia resulting from the impairment of the endocrine and non-endocrine systems. Many new drugs having varied targets were discovered to treat this disease, especially type 2 diabetes. Among those, α-glucosidase inhibitors showed their effects by preventing the digestion of carbohydrates through their inhibition against α-amylase and α-glucosidase.

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Telepharmacy is widely known as the delivery of pharmacy care offered by registered pharmacists and pharmacies using telecommunication technologies to patients at a distance. We conducted a systematic review of the reported usages, benefits, and limitations of telepharmacy models worldwide to further clarify the pros and cons of a telepharmacy model. A total of 39 relevant articles was included after searching for articles with a fixed term on four databases, including PubMed, Virtual Health Library (VHL), Global Health Library (GHL), and Google Scholar, as of April 2021.

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Background: Emergence of cross-resistance to current anti-malarial drugs has led to an urgent need for identification of potential compounds with novel modes of action and anti-malarial activity against the resistant strains. One of the most promising therapeutic targets of anti-malarial agents related to food vacuole of malaria parasite is haemozoin, a product formed by the parasite through haemoglobin degradation.

Methods: With this in mind, this study developed two-dimensional-quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR) models of a series of 21 haemozoin inhibitors to explore the useful physicochemical parameters of the active compounds for estimation of anti-malarial activities.

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The objective of the present study is to investigate removal of cationic dye, rhodamine B (RhB), in water environment using a high-performance absorbent based on metal oxide nanomaterials toward green chemistry. The adsorption of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) onto synthesized alpha alumina (-AlO) material (0) at different ionic strengths under low pH was studied to fabricate a new adsorbent as SDS-modified -AlO material (1). The RhB removal using 1 was much higher than 0 under the same experimental conditions.

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Background: Despite noticeable improvement in anti-malarial treatment, rapid growth of resistant malaria strains points out the need for continuous development of novel anti-malarials to fight the disastrous infection. Haemozoin is considered as a novel inhibitory pathway for new anti-malarial drugs, therefore, this study aimed to systematically review all articles investigating the correlation between anti-malarial and anti-haemozoin activities of anti-malarial compounds.

Methods: A literature search was conducted on 22 October 2017 in eight databases for relevant in vitro articles reporting the correlation between anti-malarial and anti-haemozoin of anti-malarial compounds, based on the constructed search terms and inclusion criteria.

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Losing weight has significant impact on chronic disease management. Orlistat, a lipase inhibitor, has alternative effect for weight controlling. To find more candidates, we conducted a review of chalcone and xanthine derivatives regarding their anti-lipase activity.

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Dynamics between hypertrophy (increase in cell size) and hyperplasia (increase in cell numbers) of white and red muscle in relation to body size [standard length (SL)], and the influence of the first-feeding diets on muscle growth were investigated in Atlantic cod larvae (Gadus morhua). Cod larvae were fed copepod nauplii or rotifers of different nutritional qualities from 4 to 29 days post hatching (dph), Artemia nauplii from 20 to 40 dph and a formulated diet from 36 to 60 dph. The short period of feeding with cultivated copepod nauplii had a positive effect on both muscle hyperplasia and hypertrophy after the copepod/rotifer phase (19 dph), and a positive long term effect on muscle hypertrophy (60 dph).

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This study is focused on the synthesis and characterization of hydroxy-apo-10'-carotenal/quantum dot (QD) conjugates aiming at the in vivo visualization of β-ionone, a carotenoid-derived volatile compound known for its important contribution to the flavor and aroma of many fruits, vegetables, and plants. The synthesis of nanoparticles bound to plant volatile precursors was achieved via coupling reaction of the QD to C27-aldehyde which was prepared from α-ionone via 12 steps in 2.4% overall yield.

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The gastrointestinal (GI) tract of newly hatched fish is probably colonized by bacteria present in the water, but how environmental and internal factors affect the development of the GI microbiota is poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the effect of diet and of rearing in separate tanks on the cod larval microbiota. Cod larvae were fed three different live feed diets.

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A commercial enzyme immunoassay for the qualitative and semi-quantitative measurement of ethyl glucuronide (EtG) in urine was evaluated. Post-mortem (n=800), and clinical urine (n=200) samples were assayed using a Hitachi 902 analyzer. The determined concentrations were compared with those obtained using a previously published liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method for the quantification of EtG and ethyl sulfate.

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Detection of the alcohol metabolites ethylglucuronide (EtG) and ethylsulfate (EtS) has become routine in many forensic laboratories over the last few years. Most previously published methods using liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray tandem mass spectrometry require a post-chromatographic addition of solvent and/or extensive sample preparation prior to analysis. The aim of the study was to develop a simplified method.

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The migration of fibrinogen peptides in capillaries coated with G-quartet-forming DNA oligonucleotides in open-tubular CEC (OTCEC) was studied, in order to investigate factors affecting the retention of peptides on G-quartet DNA stationary phases. At 25 degrees C, the peptides eluted in the same order in OTCEC using a two-plane G-quartet DNA stationary phase as in CZE, including two peptides that were completely overlapped. It was found that baseline resolution of the coeluting peptides could be achieved in the OTCEC experiment, but not in CZE, at run temperatures of 35-40 degrees C.

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Series of dipeptides, including homodipeptides and alanyl dipeptides, were separated using quadruplex (G-quartet) DNA stationary phases in open-tubular capillary electrochromatography (OTCEC). The stationary phases were constructed by covalently attaching the DNA oligonucleotides to the inner capillary surface. Three different G-quartet forming oligonucleotides were investigated: the two-plane G-quartet forming thrombin-binding aptamer, the four-plane analogue of the thrombin-binding aptamer, and a two-plane oligonucleotide identical to the thrombin-binding aptamer except for the replacement of the guanine by thymine in the central bridging loop of the G-quartet structure.

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