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 physiological 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, β-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.
['Guo|Ming|M|', 'Hu|Zheng Qing|ZQ|', 'Strong|P James|PJ|', 'Smit|Anne-Marie|AM|', 'Xu|Jian Wei|JW|', 'Fan|Jun|J|', 'Wang|Hai Long|HL|']
D000818:Animals D031723:Bambusa D001786:Blood Glucose D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 D004195:Disease Models, Animal D004782:Environmental Health D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry D008055:Lipids D008297:Male D051379:Mice D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds
Volatile organic compounds Phyllostachys heterocyla cv. pubescens Type 2 diabetes Metabolic index