Evaluating the Environmental Health Effect of Bamboo- Derived Volatile Organic Compounds through Analysis the Metabolic Indices of the Disorder Animal Model

Objective To identify the bamboo VOCs （volatile organic compounds） effect on animal physiologica indices, which associated with human health. Methods GC/MS was used to analyze the volatile organic compounds from Moso bamboo （Phyllostachys heterocyla cv. pubescens）. The effect of VOCs on environmenta...

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Published in:Biomedical and environmental sciences 2015-08, Vol.28 (8), p.595-605
Main Authors: GUO, Ming, HU, Zheng Qing, STRONG, P. James, SMIT, Anne-Marie, XU, Jian Wei, FAN, Jun, WANG, Hai Long
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Bambusa - chemistry
Blood Glucose - metabolism
compounds
diabetes
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - metabolism
Disease Models, Animal
Environmental Health
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
heterocyla
index
Lipids - blood
Male
Metabolic
Metabolic index
Mice
Mice, Inbred ICR
organic
Phyllostachys
Phyllostachys heterocyla cv. pubescens
pubescens
Type
Type 2 diabetes
Volatile
Volatile organic compounds
Volatile Organic Compounds - pharmacology
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Summary:Objective To identify the bamboo VOCs （volatile organic compounds） effect on animal physiologica indices, which associated with human health. Methods GC/MS was used to analyze the volatile organic compounds from Moso bamboo （Phyllostachys heterocyla cv. pubescens）. The effect of VOCs on environmental health was evaluated by analyzing the metabolic indices of the type 2 diabetic mouse model. Results Spectra of VOC generated by GC/MS were blasted against an in-house MS library confirming the identification of 33 major components that were manually validated. The relative constituent compounds as a percentage of total VOCs determined were alcohols （34.63%）, followed by ether （22.02%）, aldehyde （15.84%）, ketone （11.47%）, ester （4.98%）, terpenoid （4.38%）, and acids （3.83%）. Further experimentation established that the metabolic incidence of the disease can be improved if treated with vanillin, leaf alcohol, 13-ionone and methyl salicylate. The effects of these VOCs on type 2 diabetes were evident in the blood lipid and blood glucose levels. Conclusion Our model suggests that VOCs can potentially control the metabolic indices in type 2 diabetes mice. This experiment data also provides the scientific basis for the comprehensive utilization of ornamental bamboos and some reference for other similar study of environmental plants.
ISSN:0895-3988
2214-0190
DOI:10.3967/bes2015.083