Ban Ameliorates Lower Airway Inflammation in Experimental Asthmatic Mouse Model via Nrf2/HO-1 and MAPK Signaling Pathway.

Asthma is a chronic airway inflammatory disease listed as one of the top global health problems. BÂN is a well-known medicinal plant in Vietnam with its anti-oxidant, anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory potential, and gastro-protective properties. However, there is no study about extract (PVE) on asthma disease.

Urban drainage channels as microplastics pollution hotspots in developing areas: A case study in Da Nang, Vietnam.

This study provides information on the current situation of microplastics contamination in inland freshwater bodies in Vietnam. An urban drainage channel in Da Nang City was selected as a case study. Receiving mainly domestic wastewater and landfill leachate, the channel itself is becoming a microplastic pollution hotspot with a microplastic concentration of 1482.

Characteristics of microplastics in shoreline sediments from a tropical and urbanized beach (Da Nang, Vietnam).

Microplastics in shoreline sediments were investigated from Da Nang beach for the first time. Sediment samples at the two depth strata (0-5 cm and 5-10 cm) at eight sites along the entire coast were collected for identifying the characteristics of microplastics, including their concentration, size, shape, color, and nature. The synthetic fiber was the predominant type of microplastics, accounting for 99.

A new rotifer species: Lecane langsenensis n. sp. (Rotifera: Monogononta) from Vietnam.

Lecane langsenensis n. sp. is described from two locations in Vietnam: Lang Sen Reserve, Long An Province, and the Huong River, Thua Thien Hue Province.

Associations Between Nutrition, Gut Microbiome, and Health in A Novel Nonhuman Primate Model.

Red-shanked doucs (Pygathrix nemaeus) are endangered, foregut-fermenting colobine primates which are difficult to maintain in captivity. There are critical gaps in our understanding of their natural lifestyle, including dietary habits such as consumption of leaves, unripe fruit, flowers, seeds, and other plant parts. There is also a lack of understanding of enteric adaptations, including their unique microflora.

Captivity humanizes the primate microbiome.

The primate gastrointestinal tract is home to trillions of bacteria, whose composition is associated with numerous metabolic, autoimmune, and infectious human diseases. Although there is increasing evidence that modern and Westernized societies are associated with dramatic loss of natural human gut microbiome diversity, the causes and consequences of such loss are challenging to study. Here we use nonhuman primates (NHPs) as a model system for studying the effects of emigration and lifestyle disruption on the human gut microbiome.