title: Evaluating the Environmental Health Effect of Bamboo-Derived Volatile Organic Compounds through Analysis the Metabolic Indices of the Disorder Animal Model.
abstract: 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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  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.
authors.affiliation: School of Science, Zhejiang Agricultural & Forestry University, Lin'an Hangzhou 311300, Zhejiang, China.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: School of Science, Zhejiang Agricultural & Forestry University, Lin'an Hangzhou 311300, Zhejiang, China.
authors.forename: Zheng Qing
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Centre for Solid Waste Bioprocessing, School of Civil Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia 4072, Australia.
authors.forename: P James
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Strong
authors.affiliation: Scion, Private Bag 3020, Rotorua 3046, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Anne-Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Smit
authors.affiliation: School of Science, Zhejiang Agricultural & Forestry University, Lin'an Hangzhou 311300, Zhejiang, China.
authors.forename: Jian Wei
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: School of Science, Zhejiang Agricultural & Forestry University, Lin'an Hangzhou 311300, Zhejiang, China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.affiliation: School of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang Agricultural & Forestry University, Lin'an Hangzhou 311300, Zhejiang, China.
authors.forename: Hai Long
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D031723:Bambusa / Q000737:chemistry*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000378:metabolism; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004782:Environmental Health; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D008055:Lipids; D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds
keywords: Metabolic index; Phyllostachys heterocyla cv. pubescens; Type 2 diabetes; Volatile organic compounds