| Title: | "Blood, urine and semen Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) pattern analysis for assessing health environmental impact in highly polluted areas in Italy" |
| Author(s): | Longo V; Forleo A; Ferramosca A; Notari T; Pappalardo S; Siciliano P; Capone S; Montano L; |
| Address: | "National Research Council of Italy, Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems (CNR-IMM), Lecce, Italy. Electronic address: valentina.longo@le.imm.cnr.it. National Research Council of Italy, Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems (CNR-IMM), Lecce, Italy. Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy. Reproductive Medicine Unit of Check Up Polydiagnostic Center, Via A. De Luca 5, Salerno, Italy. Reproduction and Fertility Center, Rome, Italy. Andrology Unit and Service of Lifestyle Medicine in UroAndrology, Local Health Authority (ASL) Salerno, Coordination Unit of the Network for Environmental and Reproductive Health (EcoFoodFertility Project), Italy 'Oliveto Citra Hospital', Salerno, Italy; PhD Program in Evolutionary Biology and Ecology,University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117410 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1873-6424 (Electronic) 0269-7491 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) analysis is usually applied in pollution assessment by checking for toxic or harmful volatile compounds in air, water and soil samples. In this study, exogenous VOCs and their derivatives, metabolized by cells, were valued into specific body fluids. In particular, the VOC profiles of blood, urine and human semen samples collected from young men living in two high pollution areas in Italy, i.e. Land of Fires and Valley of Sacco River, were fingerprinted. The analysis is based on Headspace Solid Phase MicroExtraction (HS-SPME) followed by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometric detection (GC-MS). The volatile composition of the three body fluids showed that some VOCs are in common between blood, urine and human semen samples, whereas others are present only in a body fluid. Some compounds, as well as also some chemical classes show a higher affinity for a specific body fluid. Statistical analysis allowed to discriminate the two contaminated areas and identify those compounds which significantly contribute to the two areas classification. Some of these compounds are toxic and found prevalently in Valley of Sacco River samples, correspondingly to sperm analysis results for young men living in this zona worse than those living in Land of Fires" |
| Keywords: | *Body Fluids Environment Humans Male Semen Solid Phase Microextraction *Volatile Organic Compounds Blood Gc-ms Highly polluted areas Human semen Urine VOCs; |
| Notes: | "MedlineLongo, Valentina Forleo, Angiola Ferramosca, Alessandra Notari, Tiziana Pappalardo, Sebastiana Siciliano, Pietro Capone, Simonetta Montano, Luigi eng England 2021/05/31 Environ Pollut. 2021 Oct 1; 286:117410. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117410. Epub 2021 May 24" |
