The concept of nutraceutical food was introduced firstly in United State in 1989 by Stephen Defelice, the founder of the Foundation for Innovation in Medicine. It is defined as a product that considered as a food or a part of food, provided medical or health benefits, including disease prevention and treatment”. The health sector should review and re-evaluate the importance and potential of the nutraceutical food market and plan the development strategy for this novel avenue. The unique definition of nutraceutical product is needed. The Ministry of Health should direct the management of these products as medications rather than foods and the regulations of registration, labeling and take testing samples should be available
Food ; Dietary Supplements ; Comment [Publication Type

Study was carried out in 323 bottle-fed infants od 5-6 months old in Dong Hy District – Thai Nguyen province in 2002 year. Malnourhished occurred in a high incidence, 11.5% have had a substandard height, 74.6% anemia and 39.3% vitamin A deficiency. Anemia and vitamin A deficiency were correlated positively. Anemia infants have had 2.3 times higher of vitamin A deficiency than normal infants and in contrary. Ethnic minority infants have had a gap rate of anemia and vitamin A deficiency 2 times higher than Kinh infants. In mothers, knowledge and practice of nutrition and breastfeeding, and of infant care were very limited. Nutrition supplements was not appropriate
Vitamin A Deficiency ; Anemia ; Infant ; epidemiology

Lipid concentration and 38 fatty acids in breast milk of Vietnam lactating women living in Red River Delta were determined by gas chroma to graphy. The results of study could be use as reference for Vietnam breast-milk composition that has not yet published in “Table of nutritive composition of Vietnam food”, which is applied to calculate the food consumption of Vietnam infant. The results showed also the variable contents of lipids and fatty acids of various individuals and communities concerning the quantity and quality of lipid dietary intake. Several essential unsatured fatty acids (C18:1 oleic acid, C18:2 linolenic acid, C18:3 linolenic acid) existed in quite high level in Vietnam’s breast milk.
Women ; Milk, Human ; Lipids ; Fatty Acids

The ethanol extract of smilax glabra roxb (SG) (100mg/kg of body weight) reduced the blood level of glucose and plasma insulin levels of GK rat 4h after intraperitoneal administration (p< 0.01). While in the normal rat, it reduced only the glycemia. On isolated pancreas islets, SG concentration of 2mg – 4 mg/ml/h has no effect on insuline recretion. The finding suggests that hypoglycemic effect of SG is caused by the increase of the sensibility of target tissue to insuline.
Blood Glucose ; Diabetes Mellitus ; Plant Proteins ; rats ; Animal Experimentation

Deal with effect of understanding proprietary to development of now pharmaceutical industry, opinions to delay protection of understanding proprietary in pharmaceutical industry in Vietnam and the other countries. Some of measures must be synchronous performed to deploy performing copyright on pharmaceutical industry.
Adjuvants, Pharmaceutic ; Problem Solving ; Drug Industry

A meta-analyze on vitamin A (VA) and anemia surveys in the year 1995 and 2000. The results showed that anemis is reducing during the recent years, particularly more in pregnancy women, and less in young infants. However anemis is still a public health significant problem (PHS). Clinical VA lesions are continuously lower than PHS. While the sub-clinical VA deficiency is still a PHS, of which majority is in mild and moderate levels. It was recognized that the problem is more severe in young infant < 6 months. Low VA content in breast-milk is more than 50% among lactating women. The recommendations, such as social marketing on the using iron tablet, iron fortification into several foods have been developed for control of anemia; VA capsule supplementation of 50,000 IU to the infant < 6 months combined with immunization of PDT on 6, 10, 14 weeks; Increasing doses of VA for women after delivery. Weekly supplementation of iron combined with low dose VA to pregnance women
Vitamin A ; Anemia ; Vitamin A Deficiency

Importation together is one of essential measures in trying to stable drug ‘s price in the market, protect patients while also ensure requests about understanding property and freedom trade. Discuss about difficulties of Viet Nam in now importation together problem. Along with allow importation together, functional offices, which belong Health need combine well with different industry as market management, customs… to strengthen prevent manufacture unreal products, bad quality products and illegal imported products.
Adjuvants, Pharmaceutic ; Commerce ; Public Opinion

Children aged 6-36 months old and breastfeeding mother in 2 groups of communes with a malnutrition prevalence <15% (group 1) and <30% 9group 2). Measuring the height, the weight, using HPLC to analyse, to quantify serum vitamin A level of children and breast milk. Results showed that serum vitamin A was similar in 2 groups, while vitamin A level of breast milk in grup 1 is higher considerably than in group 2. In the group 1, diet regimen of the group 1 is better, concerning the quantity as the quality. However, there is a supply of only 50% of recommended vitamin A, so the programme of high doses of vitamin A in gel capsula can be continued and vitamin A supplement in food is need
Vitamin A ; Child ; Mothers

Research on 31 patients (include 24 man and 7 woman) at 20 to 60 years old who treated active hepatitis B at The army centre hospital 105 from 1/1999 to 6/2002. Result: HBV-DNA level in plasma increase follow agreeable rate with SGPT content: SGPT increase to > 100U/L correlative HBV-DNA patients(+) ≥10copies, 16,13% HBV-DNA patients (-) from 5 to 10 copies. The development of the disease in active hepatitis B patients was showed at relationship of marks of HBV with HBV -DNA(+) 70,96%, Anti-HBV-IgG (+) 100%, anti-HBc0IIgG (+) and anti-HBc-IgM (+) 12,90%, HBV-DNA (+) and HBeAg (+) 41,94%, HBV-DNA(+) and anti-HBe (-) 38,72%. HBV-DNA may be importance mark in following up development of the disease
Hepatitis B ; Liver ; Disease

Pharmaceutical quality, management are important targets to integrate in international pharmaceutical market, raising field's prestige. The authors showed that must review and control several factors in imported and exported records of the products, such as GMP condition of supplier, TSE. Learning about inspected experiences of famous special organizations. Preparing to enhance Vietnam's GMP. To advance pharmaceutical exported program to foreign country
Adjuvants, Pharmaceutic ; Reinforcement (Psychology) ; Pharmaceutical Preparations