The competition in sports is getting tougher, and the drives to achieve better result has led the athletes to indiscriminately use dietary supplements, including herbal ones. Fruits relatively can acts as a support in health and exercise thanks to its rich content of macro- and micronutrients, fiber, minerals, vitamin and a number of bioactive phytochemical components. The aim of this study is to review and gather information on tropical fruits which is capable to improve athlete’s performance and its prospect to be developed into nano supplement. This review examined online literatures via PubMed, Sciendirect, and Google Scholar. Based on the literatures, the exercise performance can be improved by various compounds found in tropical fruits such as banana, cherry, grape, pomegranate, and watermelon. Overall, tropical fruits can aid sports performance by improving physical strength, increasing the recovery in injury, attenuate muscle soreness, and reducing fatigue. It is suggested that there is possibility to apply nanotechnology to formulate fruits based sport supplement in the form of nanoparticles.

Introduction: Curcumin (Crc) is widely used as an antioxidant and an anti-inflammatory agent. Its low solubility limits its oral bioavailability, thus the need to develop a transdermal nanoformulation of Crc. Aim: This study aimed to obtain the stable formula of Crc-loaded nanoemulgels (Crc-NEGs) possessing good characteristics. Methods: The nanoemulsion (NE) was prepared by titration of the water phase into the mixture of oil, surfactant, and cosurfactant. Crc-NEs optimum formula was obtained by the simplex lattice design (SLD) method. Crc-NEGs were prepared using Carbopol 940 as the gelling agent, and subsequently, its freeze-thaw stability was observed. The ex vivo permeation study of Crc-NEGs was conducted using Franz diffusion cell. Results: The optimum formula of Crc-NEs showed good characteristics in terms of transmittance, particle size, polydispersity index, and zeta potential. Crc-NEGs were found stable through freeze-thaw stability. The ex vivo permeation study illustrated the higher amount of Crc penetrated from NEGs compared to the control (p <0,05). Conclusion: The Crc-NEGs formula has the potential to be the novel effective delivery method of curcumin.

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a kidney disorder that continues to increase the globally and its also irreversible. Hemodialysis (HD) performed by CKD patients with severe conditions. Quality of life is one indicator of the success therapy patients CKD with HD. In addition to clinical conditions, the characteristics of patients can be affected to the quality of life. The aims of this study is to see the effect of the characteristics of CKD with HD of the Score Index utility. Its were measured using the EuroQuality of 5-dimensional 5 levels (EQ-5D-5L). The study was performed with the observational conversion using a cross sectional design in the CKD population in Pekanbaru hospital. The EQ-5D-5L questionnaire is given to 122 patients to measure the score utility. Different index score utility based on the characteristics of the tested patients using Mann Whitney and Kruskal Wallis. Based on the study, the average value of Pasa Pasa patients with HD patients was 0.24 ± 0.27. Dimensions of anxiety / depression and pain / discomfort of 6.56% with very severe problems and 2.46% could not move. Based on the anysis results, there are differences in utility values based on age characteristics, education levels, and commorbids (p <0.05).

Introduction: Some patients with comorbidity such as diabetes are at risk of worsening after being infected with the COVID-19 and they usually adjust their diet during the recovery process. Aim: To explore the use of Stevia rebaudiana leaves as a natural sweetener recommended for COVID-19 patients and the nanoparticle approach of S. rebaudiana extract to improve the efficacy. Methods: Four electronic databases (Google Scholar, PubMed, Scopus, and ScienceDirect) were used with specified inclusion and exclusion criteria set. Results: The glycosides produced by S. rebaudiana are 300 times sweeter than sucrose, low in calories, and can control blood sugar levels and increase insulin secretion. The application of nanoparticles in S. rebaudiana extract is a new step to maximise efficacy, increase stability and solubility. Conclusion: S. rebaudiana can be used as an alternative diet for COVID-19 diabetes patients. The application of the nanoparticles can increase the stability and solubility, thus improving the efficacy.