Siti Fairuz Ishak¹, Nor Fadilah Rajab² and Dayang Fredalina Basri^1*

¹Centre for Diagnostic, Therapeutic and Investigative Studies (CODTIS), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, WP Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

²Center for Healthy Aging and Wellness (H-CARE), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Corresponding Author E-mail: dayang@ukm.edu.my

DOI : https://dx.doi.org/10.13005/bpj/2918

Abstract

Canarium odontophyllum or dabai is a natural plant found along the river banks of the Sarikei, Kapit and Kanowit in Sarawak and it comes from the 'Burseraceae' family. C. odontophyllum also known as 'dabai' and this dabai fruit is eaten by the community in Sarawak. The fruit is a seasonal natural fruit that is less used because of its short lifespan. A few studies show that acetone extract of Canarium odontophyllum stem bark (dabai) exhibit antiproliferative and cytotoxicity effect on cancer colorectal cells. However, there is currently no analysis of bioactive compounds in acetone extract of Canarium odontophyllum stem bark (dabai). The various bioactive compounds detected in acetone extract were identified using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). A total of 24 phytoconstituents were detected in this acetone extract. It was found that major peaks represented bicyclo [3.1.0] hex-2-ene,2-methyl-5-(1-methylethyl)-, bicyclo [3.1.0] hexane,4-methylene-1-(1-methylethyl)-, alpha cubebene,  1H cyclopenta [1,3]  cyclopropa [1,2] benzene, octahydro-7-methyl-3-methylene-4-(1-methylethyl)-,[3aS-(3a.alpha., 3b.beta., 4.beta., 7.alpha., 7aS*)]-, phenol,2,4-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-, spathulenol, copaene, 9-Eicosene, (E)-, hexadecane, 5-Octadecene, (E)-, hexadecane, 2,6,10,14-tetramethyl-, nonadecane, n-Hexadecanoic acid, heptacosane, 1-chloro-, 9,12-Octadecadienoic acid (Z,Z)-, 9,12-Octadecadienoic acid, ethyl ester, octadecanoic acid, 10-Heneicosene (c,t), heptafluorobutyric acid, hexadecyl ester, dehydroabietic acid, phenol, 2,4-bis(1-phenylethyl)-, beta sitosterol, beta-amyrin and alpha-amyrin. The highest peak area (%) for this acetone extract is alpha-amyrin (16.6644%) followed by beta-amyrin (4.6159%), beta sitosterol (3.3369%) and 9,12-Octadecadienoic acid (Z,Z)- (3.2045%). In conclusion, various bioactive compounds detected in acetone extract of Canarium odontophyllum stem bark (dabai) were demonstrated various medicinal properties while alpha and beta-amyrin may be responsible for the cytotoxicity and apoptotic effect against HCT 116 cell.

Keywords

Acetone extract; Canarium odontophyllum; dabai; GC-MS; Stem bark; Sarawak

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Introduction

The use of wild plants from nature for medicinal purposes is a practice that has been practiced for centuries. This practice is widely found among communities that practice traditional medicine. This is because natural plants have rich sources of biologically active compounds. ¹ Various natural products exhibit different biological properties and have long been used as medicines with different applications. The use of natural products is not only used in traditional medicine but the detailed research done on natural products allows them to be used in modern medicine. Various bioactive compounds from medicinal plants exhibit stimulating actions of pharmacological such as antifungal, antibacterial, anticancer, antiinflammatory and antioxidant properties. ^2,3 The capability of these bioactive compounds needs to be analyzed first before being used in various diseases treatment. ^2,4 Crude plant extracts are often prepared from plant-based medicines consisting of a different phytochemicals complex mixture. ⁴ These phytochemicals have a complex and unique structure, used in chronic and infectious diseases treatment. ^4,5 A large group of bioactive secondary metabolites exist in many species of plant, but only a small part of them has been studied and maintained as an important source of bioactive agents. In finding novel compounds and quality control is very important to develop appropriate screening methods. ⁶ Various extractions and characterization from bioactive compounds of many medicinal plants have led to the delivery of specific drugs with high profiles of activity. ⁷

Preliminary screening of medicinal plants through methods of chromatographic and spectrometric give general information about pharmacological and chemical activity and helps to choose biologically active plants. ⁸ Within a decade, there have been several dramatic advances in techniques of analytical including Ultraviolet-visible (UV) Spectroscopy, Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC), Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (NMR) which are the tools used for the process of isolation, identification and determination of the phytochemical structure of many bioactive therapeutic compounds found in medicinal plants. ^9,10 Best combination of analytical techniques is gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) which is fast, sensitive and plays an important role in chemotaxonomic studies and phytochemical analysis of medicinal plants containing biologically active components. The GC-MS method can qualitatively and quantitatively identify organic compounds in extracts. ^11,12

The GC-MS method is used to determine and identify compounds found in plant samples including alcohols, long chain hydrocarbons, alkaloids, steroids, nitro compounds, amino acids, esters and organic acids. In addition, this GC-MS method only need a small volume of plant extracts. ^11,13 GC-MS was also performed for bioactive compounds identified based on ions of MS fragment produced, retention time and the percentage of bioactive compounds analyzed from the area of total peak. Phytochemicals were identified by comparing patterns of MS spectral with standard mass spectra that available in the Mass Spectral Database of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). ¹² One of the most accurate methods for identifying many secondary metabolites found in plant extracts is GC-MS. ¹⁴ Therefore, the technique of GC-MS was used in this study, for the detection and identification of phytochemical compounds found in the acetone extract of Canarium odontophyllum stem bark (dabai).

Canarium odontophyllum is also known as ‘dabai’ and this dabai fruit is eaten by people in Sarawak. The fruit is a seasonal natural fruit that is less used because of its short lifespan. ¹⁵ The fruit is purple in color and has one elongated seed (Figure 1). ¹⁶ The fruit of C. odontophyllum has physical characteristics similar to olives and changes from light green to dark purple when ripe enough. This fruit is oval shaped with a mass of around 10.0g -18.0g, length 3.0cm – 4.0cm and diameter around 2.2cm – 3.0cm. The fruit of C. odontophyllum has one seed located in the middle with a hard and thick endocarp. The length of this fruit seed is 3.5cm with a diameter of 1.6cm – 2.0cm while this seed is triangular in shape. ¹⁷

This C. odontophyllum tree is moderately upright to approximately 40–50 m (130–160 ft) tall and has alternate, oval, spiral, pinnate leaves that are between 9.5 cm to 28 cm long and about 4 cm to 11 cm (Figure 2). ¹⁸ While the flowers of the C. odontophyllum plant are whitish yellow (Figure 3). ¹⁹ The stems and branches of C. odontophyllum plants are greenish gray, light brown or yellowish brown, usually scaly with many small lenticels and smooth. Furthermore, the outer bark of branches and trunks is thin, gray and usually soft in nature while the inner bark is reddish grey or pinkish brown, smooth, laminated, layered, soft, moist with exudates, oily fluids, sticky, and strong produces an aromatic odor. ^20-22 The stems of C. odontophyllum plants are cylindrical. ²² Dabai has wide potential to be marketed locally and exported internationally due to its high nutritional contents but still not yet exported internationally. Only food-based products available and there is still no medicinal product developed from dabai.

Figure 1: Fruits and seed of C. odontophyllum Click here to view Figure

Figure 2: The stem bark of C. odontophyllum is greenish gray and scaly.18 Click here to view Figure

Figure 3: Flowers and leaves of C. odontophyllum.19 Click here to view Figure

Materials and Methods

Preparation of the Stem Bark Extract

First, dried the samples in an oven at 40°C until they reached a constant weight for several days. Then, grinding of the dried sample is done to get the sample in powder form. Powder of C. odontophyllum stem bark was soaked in acetone solvent. The mixture was shaken using an electric shaker at room temperature for 24 hours. Then, the solution was filtered using Whatman No. 1 filter paper to collect the obtained filtrate. The filtrate was mixed and concentrated using a rotary evaporator under reduced pressure. The extract is finally allowed to dry in fume hood to obtain crude acetone extract. ²¹ 100 mg of acetone extract was dissolved in 1 ml of absolute DMSO for the preparation of a stock solution with a concentration of 100 mg/ml. Next, mixed the stock solution using an autovortex and then centrifuged at 2500 rpm for 5 minutes to ensure that all extracts were completely dissolved. The stock was filtered using a 0.22 μm nitrocellulose filter membrane to ensure the extract was free from contamination and stored in a refrigerator at -20˚C until use.

GC–MS Analysis

The active compounds in the acetone extract from stem bark of C. odontophyllum were identified using the method of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Analysis of gas chromatography mass spectrometer (GC-MS) was carried out using an Agilent 7890A gas chromatograph (GC) coupled directly to a mass spectrometer (MS) system equipped with a DB-5MS UI column (30.0 m x 0.25 mm, film thickness 0.25 μm, 5% phenyl methylpolysiloxane) as well as connected to an inert Agilent 5975C MSD with a three-axis detector and operated in a system of electron ionization with a 70 eV impact mode used. Helium gas is used at a constant flow rate of 1ml/minute as a carrier gas. The powder form from acetone extract of C. odontophyllum stem bark was diluted with a suitable solvent which is acetone and then the solution was filtered. A particle-free dissolved acetone extract (1μl) was taken using a syringe and injected into the injector in split mode with an injector temperature of 250 C and an ion source temperature of 280 C. The temperature oven was programmed with an increase of 10C/ min from 40C (isothermal for 5 min), up to 300C/min isothermal and held for 5 minutes. Mass spectra were taken at 70 eV, scan interval 0.5 s and fragments from 45 to 450Da. The total time GC was run for 34 minutes. ^{13, 23}

Identification of the Components

The percentage composition of the crude extract components is demonstrated as a percentage by peak area. Raw GC chromatogram was shown all peaks using MSD Chemstation. Then, combined the results in a single peak table. A library search was conducted for all peaks using NIST/EPA/NIH (version 2.0) for the name, structure of the compounds and molecular weight from the sample.

Results and Discussion

Analysis of GC-MS was carried out on the acetone extract from C. odontophyllum stem bark and a total of 24 phytoconstituents were detected. The chromatogram is displayed in Figure 4, while the constituent chemicals with molecular weight (MW), molecular formula, peak area (%) and retention time (RT) for each phytoconstituent are shown in Table 1. In Table 2 shown the phytoconstituent found in the extract and their activities. The highest peak area (%) for the acetone extract is alpha- amyrin (16.6644%) followed by beta- amyrin (4.6159%), beta sitosterol (3.3369%) and 9, 12-octadecadienoic acid (Z, Z)- (3.2045%). The lowest peak area (%) for the acetone extract is shown by bicyclo [3.1.0] hex-2-ene, 2-methyl-5-(1-methylethyl)- which is 0.0828%.

Figure 4: Chromatogram of acetone extract from stem bark of C. odontophyllum by GC-MS Click here to view Figure

Table 1: Phytoconstituents found in the acetone extract of C. odontophyllum stem bark

No	RT (minute)	Name of compound	Molecular formula	Molecular weight (MW)	Peak area (%)
1	7.7554	Bicyclo [3.1.0] hex-2-ene, 2-methyl-5-(1-methylethyl)-	C10H16	136.2340	0.0828
2	8.8972	Bicyclo [3.1.0] hexane, 4-methylene-1-(1-methylethyl)-	C10H16	136.2340	0.1020
3	15.2437	Alpha Cubebene	C15H24	204.3511	0.1329
4	15.6538	Copaene	C15H24	204.3511	0.0921
5	15.8178	1H-Cyclopenta [1,3] cyclopropa [1,2] benzene,octahydro-7-methyl-3-methylene-4-(1-methylethyl)-,[3aS-(3a.alpha., 3b.beta., 4.beta., 7.alpha., 7aS*)]- (beta cubebene)	C15H24	204.3511	0.1775
6	17.3571	Phenol, 2,4-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-	C17H30OSi	278.5050	0.5372
7	18.2593	(-)-Spathulenol	C15H24O	220.3505	0.9400
8	18.3413	9-Eicosene, (E)-	C20H40	280.5316	0.3050
9	18.4233	Hexadecane	C16H34	226.4412	0.2202
10	20.5871	5-Octadecene, (E)-	C18H36	252.4784	0.4770
11	20.7133	Hexadecane,2,6,10,14-tetramethyl- (phytane)	C20H42	282.5475	0.9387
12	21.6912	Nonadecane	C19H40	268.5209	0.3311
13	22.3535	n-Hexadecanoic acid	C16H32O2	256.4241	2.4496
14	23.6279	Heptacosane, 1-chloro-	C27H55Cl	415.179	0.1509
15	24.0254	9,12- Octadecadienoic acid (Z,Z)-	C18H32O2	280.4455	3.2045
16	24.1894	9,12- Octadecadienoic acid, ethyl ester	C20H36O2	308.4986	0.5246
17	24.2462	Octadecanoic acid	C18H36O2	284.4772	1.1298
18	24.4859	10-Heneicosene (c,t)	C21H42	294.5582	0.5806
19	26.2018	Heptafluorobutyric acid, hexadecyl ester	C20H33F7O2	438.4636	0.3939
20	26.6497	Dehydroabietic acid	C20H28O2	300.4351	0.6012
21	26.9715	Phenol, 2,4-bis(1-phenylethyl)-	C22H22O	302.4095	0.7200
22	33.1350	Beta Sitosterol	C29H50O	414.7067	3.3369
23	33.5703	Beta-Amyrin	C30H50O	426.7174	4.6159
24	34.0876	Alpha-Amyrin	C30H50O	426.7174	16.6644

 

Table 2: Phytoconstituents in the acetone extract of C. odontophyllum stem barkand their activities.

No	Name of compound	Natural compound	Activity
1.	Alpha cubebene	Sesquiterpene	Antioxidant,antiproliferative, antigenotoxic, antitumor. 24
2.	Copaene	Sesquiterpene	Antipyretic, Antifungal, antioxidant properties, antigenotoxic and antioxidant against human lymphocytes. 24, 25
3.	Spathulenol	Sesquiterpene	Anticholinesterase, antimycobacterial, antioxidant, antiproliferative, cytotoxicity. 26,27
4.	Phenol,2,4-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-	Phenol	Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, Cytotoxicity, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, antimicrobial. 28
5.	9-Eicosene, (E)-	Alkene	Antimicrobial, Cytotoxicity. 29
6.	Bicyclo [3.1.0] hex-2-ene, 2-methyl-5-(1-methylethyl)- (alpha thujene)	Monoterpene	Antiproliferative, cytotoxic against cell line of breast cancer. 30
7.	Bicyclo [3.1.0] hexane, 4-methylene-1-(1-methylethyl)- (sabinene)	Monoterpene	Antifungal, antiinflammatory, antioxidant, anticancer activity against colon cancer and melanoma cells, causing apoptosis in B16F10 melanoma cells. 31-33
8.	Hexadecane	Alkane	Cytotoxicity, Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, Antidiabetic, Antiinflammatory. 34,35
9.	Nonadecane	Alkane	AntiHIV, Antioxidant, Antibacterial, Antimicrobial, Cytotoxic effect. 36,37
10.	n-Hexadecanoic acid	Palmitic acid, Fatty acid	Hypercholesterolemia, antioxidants, Antiandrogenic, Antibacterial, Antiinflammatory, anticancer effects. 38,39
11.	Heptacosane, 1-chloro-	Alkyl halide	Antioxidant. 40
12.	9,12-Octadecadienoic acid (Z,Z)- 9,12-Octadecadienoic acid, ethyl ester	Linoleic acid, ethyl ester	Antioxidant, Antitumor, Antiinflammatory, hypocholesterolemic, antiandrogenic, antiarthritic, anticoronary, antihistamine, hepatoprotective. 41-43
13.	Octadecanoic acid	Stearic acid, Fatty acid	Antifungal, Antitumor, Antibacterial, lowers LDL cholesterol, Anti-inflammatory,hypocholesterolemic, cancer prevention, hepatoprotective, antiviral, antioxidant. 29,44
14.	Dehydroabietic acid	Diterpenoid	Act pharmacologically against aging, inflammation, bacterial infection, cancer and increased cell death in human epithelia and fibroblast cells. 45-47
15.	Phenol,2,4-bis(1-phenylethyl)-	Phenol	Effects of apoptosis on human breast cancer cells. 48
16.	Beta Sitosterol	Phytosterols	Anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory, anti-atherosclerotic, lipid-lowering and hepatoprotective, protection against oxidative damage, anti-tumor effect against lung, breast, prostate, kidney and colorectal cancer. 49-51
17.	Beta-amyrin	Triterpenoid	Antitumor effect against Hep-G2 liver carcinoma cells, antiinflammatory, antifibrogenic antioxidant, antihyperglycemic, hypolipidemic effect, analgesic, antidepressant, gastroprotective, hepatoprotective, antipancreatic, cytotoxicity against several cancer cells such as promyelocytic leukemia HL-60, colon cancer HCT-8, glioblastoma SF-295, MDAMB-435 melanoma, colorectal and breast adenocarcinoma HCT 116, lung and liver carcinoma, pancreatic adenocarcinoma, kidney and prostate carcinoma. 52-57
18.	Alpha-amyrin	Triterpenoid	Antiinflammatory, antioxidant, antihyperglycemic, hypolipidemic effect, analgesic, antidepressant, gastroprotective, hepatoprotective, antipancreatic, antileukemic agent, cytotoxicity against leukemic cells, cytotoxicity against several cancer cells such as promyelocytic leukemia HL-60, colon cancer HCT-8, glioblastoma SF-295, MDAMB-435 melanoma, HCT 116 colorectal and breast adenocarcinoma, lung and liver carcinoma, pancreatic adenocarcinoma, kidney and prostate carcinoma. 52,54,56,58

 

Different phytochemicals contain in plants, known as secondary metabolites. ^59,60 Phytochemicals are important in the industry of pharmaceutical for the preparation of therapeutic agents and the new drugs development.⁶¹ The new drugs development begins with the identification of active principles from natural sources. New approach to find therapeutically active compounds in various species of plants is by screening of plant extract. ^38,62 Phytochemicals such as saponins, alkaloids, flavonoids, terpenoids and tannins have some of biological properties including antiinflammatory, antioxidant, antiulcer, anticancer, and antidiarrhea activity. ³⁸ Exposure through diet or drug administration to phytochemicals can stop or delay process of carcinogenic. Phytochemicals may play an important role in decreasing the incidence of colon cancer. ⁶³ Polyphenols, such as phenolic acids, sesquiterpenoids and flavonoids are known for their capability to induce apoptosis in colon cancer cells. ^64,65 The results of phytochemical screening in previous studies shown that the phytochemicals found in acetone extract of C. odontophyllum stem bark are flavonoids, saponins, tannins, phenolic compounds and terpenoids may exhibit cytotoxicity and apoptosis effect against HCT 116 and function as anticancer agents. ^21,66 So, this study was conducted to identify which bioactive compound in this acetone extract may be responsible for cytotoxicity and apoptosis effect against HCT 116.

The highest peak area (%) for the acetone extract is alpha-amyrin followed by beta-amyrin. Alpha-amyrin and beta-amyrin are triterpenoids which are active compounds that belong to the terpenoid group and have antimicrobial, antifungal and antiinflammatory effects. ⁶⁷ Triterpenoids have also been reported to act as a potential source of cytotoxicity in cancer cells. Calotroposide A isolated from the ethyl acetate extract of the roots of Calotropis gigantea is a triterpenoid glycoside and reported can inhibit the growth of WiDr colon cancer cells. ⁶⁸ Triterpenoids are a vital group of terpenoids with bioactivity. ⁶⁹ Plant terpenoids have important functions in respiration, growth regulation and development, membrane fluidity and photosynthesis. ⁷⁰ Terpenoids are also found in Campsis grandiflora leaves, cuticle wax of apple skin and Lantana camara L. aerial parts. ⁷¹ In addition, terpenoids are also detected in Fusarium sp. ⁷², Laurencia sp (marine algae) ⁷³ and endophytic fungi Huperzia serrata. ⁷⁴ Terpenoid biosynthesis is important for agriculture, industry and living organisms. Approximately 80,000 terpenoid compounds as secondary metabolites have been found in nature and have performed various roles (functional and structural). ⁷⁵ Based on this study, the main bioactive compound of this acetone extract which are alpha and beta-amyrin may be responsible for the cytotoxicity and apoptotic effect against colorectal cancer cell, HCT 116 and capable of being developed as an anticancer agent.

Conclusion

The present study of this analysis in acetone extract of C. odontophyllum stem bark has suggested the presence of 24 of phytocompouds. Thus, this acetone extract was found to possess significant phytoconstituents and considered to have various medicinal properties. Alpha-amyrin and beta-amyrin are triterpenoid detected in acetone extract of  Canarium odontophyllum stem bark that may contribute to the cytotoxicity and effect of apoptotic on HCT 116 cell. In conclusion, acetone extract of C. odontophyllum stem bark capable of being developed as an anticancer agent against HCT 116 colorectal cancer cell.

Acknowledgement

Instrument used in this study has been supported by Makmal Pencirian Struktur Molekul (MPSM), Centre for Research and Instrumentation Management (CRIM), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM).

Conflict of Interest

No conflict of interest.

Funding Sources

This project was funded by research code grant Research University Grant DIP-2018-034.

Author Contributions

Assoc. Prof Dr Dayang Fredalina Basri designed and lead the project. Siti Fairuz Ishak performed the experiment and prepare the manuscript. Prof. Dr Fadilah Rajab supervised the experiment.

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