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Article

Volatile Constituents and Antimicrobial Activity of Naio (Myoporum Sandwicense A. Gray), a Native Hawaiian Tree

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Aromatic Plant Research Center, Lehi, UT 84043, USA
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Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35899, USA
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Compounds 2023, 3(1), 142-152; https://doi.org/10.3390/compounds3010012
Submission received: 22 December 2022 / Revised: 12 January 2023 / Accepted: 19 January 2023 / Published: 29 January 2023

Abstract

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Myoporum sandwicense A. Gray (naio) is one of the characteristic trees of Hawaiian montane–subalpine mesic forests. In this study, lab-distilled oils of M. sandwicense leaves, wood, and twigs growing on the island of Hawaii, as well as industrially produced wood oils, were characterized by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The lab-distilled oils were screened for antimicrobial activity. M. sandwicense leaf essential oil was rich in β-caryophyllene (15.1%), α-humulene (12.8%), germacrene D (7.9%), bicyclogermacrene (12.5%), brigalow ketol (9.6%), and myoporone (16.8%), while the wood essential oils were dominated by α-bisabolol and trans-α-bisabolol oxide B. The sapwood oil was dominated by palmitic acid (35.5%), linoleic acid (19.7%), oleic acid (31.9%), and stearic acid (5.7%), whereas the oil from twigs was rich in tricosane (77.3%) and pentacosane (13.1%). M. sandwicense essential oils were screened for antimicrobial activity against a panel of potentially pathogenic bacteria and fungi. The leaf essential oil of M. sandwicense showed excellent antibacterial activity against S. pyogenes and antifungal activity against A. fumigatus. The wood essential oil showed notable activity against S. pyogenes, A. fumigatus, A. niger, and M. gypseum. The twig oil was remarkably active against mold species. This work is the first report we are aware of on the composition and antimicrobial properties of naio essential oils.

1. Introduction

Myoporum sandwicense A. Gray (Scrophulariaceae), commonly known as “Naio”, “false sandalwood”, or “bastard sandalwood”, is a notoriously polymorphic evergreen shrub or tree that can grow as a creeping, prostrate shrub or it may occur as a tree around 15 m tall [1]. Furthermore, there are several varieties of M. sandwicense (e.g., M. sandwicense var. sandwicense, M. sandwicense var. fauriei, M. sandwicense var. st.-johnii, and M. sandwicense var. wilder [1]. Myoporum sandwicense is one of the characteristic trees of Hawaiian montane–subalpine mesic forests where it occurs with Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. (ōhi’a), Acacia koa A. Gray (koa), Sapindus saponaria L. (a’e), Nestegis sandwicensis (A. Gray) O. Deg., I. Deg. & L.A.S. Johnson (olopua), and Sophora chrysophylla Seem. (māmane) [2]. On the island of Hawai’i, both M. sandwicense var. fauriei, and M. sandwicense var. st.-johnii, are found on the leeward slopes of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa [1]. The fruits of M. sandwicense are important food sources for the Hawaiian thrush (omao, Phaeornis obscurus obscurus) [3] and were apparently the exclusive food source of the now-extinct Kona grosbeak (Chloridops kona) [4]. Myoporum sandwicense populations have been adversely affected by habitat damage by feral ungulates [5] and by an introduced insect. Klambothrips myopori Mound and Morris (Phlaeothripidae) is a potential threat to the tree form of naio [6].
We have been interested in examining the essential oils of tropical plants for potential cultivation for the fragrance industry [7,8]. The purpose of this work was to obtain the essential oils from the leaves, twigs, and wood of M. sandwicense growing on the island of Hawai’i, to chemically characterize the essential oils by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry, and to screen them for antimicrobial activity. This work is the first report we are aware of on the composition and antimicrobial properties of Naio essential oils.

2. Materials and Methods

2.1. Essential Oil Extraction

The plant materials were collected in September of 2019 from cultivated trees in South Kona, east of Kealakekua, Hawai’i (19°30′48.31″ N, 155°48′49.53″ W, elev. 1421 m). Plant identification was verified by comparison with samples from the New York Botanical Garden Virtual Herbarium (https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/vh/specimen-list/?SummaryData=Myoporum%20sandwicense; accessed on 9 January 2023) Each plant part (leaves, twigs, wood) was shredded and steam distilled for 4–7 h using a Clevenger-type apparatus. Twenty-three M. sandwicense volatile oils (N1-N23) produced in industrial settings were obtained from the collection of the Aromatic Plant Research Center (APRC, Lehi, UT, USA) in 2021. Wood industrial distillation settings included a steam flow of 100 L/h, pressure of 1–3 psi, steam flow increase rate of 0.15 L/h, hydrolyte temp of 55 °C, and duration of 3–5 days.

2.2. Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry

M. sandwicense essential oils were analyzed by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS) using a Shimadzu GCMS-QP2010 Ultra operated in the electron impact (EI) mode (electron energy = 70 eV), scan range = 40–400 atomic mass units, scan rate = 3.0 scans/s, and GC-MS solution software v. 4.20 (Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Columbia, MD, USA). The GC column was a ZB-5 ms fused silica capillary column (Phenomenex, Torrance, CA, USA) with a (5% phenyl)-polymethylsiloxane stationary phase and a film thickness of 0.25 μm. The carrier gas was helium, with a column head pressure of 552 kPa and a flow rate of 1.37 mL/min. The injector temperature was 260 °C and the ion source temperature was 260 °C. The GC oven temperature was programmed for 50 °C initial temperature; temperature increased at a rate of 2 °C/min to 260 °C. A 5% w/v solution of the sample in CH2Cl2 was prepared, and 0.1 μL was injected with a splitting mode (30:1). Identification of the oil components was based on their retention indices, determined by reference to a homologous series of n-alkanes, and by comparison of their mass spectral fragmentation patterns with those reported in the databases [9,10,11,12].

2.3. Hierarchical Cluster Analysis

M. sandwicense wood oils obtained from trusted industrial suppliers were used in the cluster analysis. The essential oil compositions were treated as operational taxonomic units (OTUs). The percentages of the major components (α-bisabolol, α-bisabolol oxide B, unidentified (1699), unidentified (1666), β-bisabolene, fokienol, dendrolasin, 6-epi-α-bisabolol oxide B, (E)-α-bisabolene, (E)-β-farnesene, himachal-2-en-7β-ol, (E)-nerolidol, limona ketone, and β-sesquiphellandrene) were used to determine the chemical associations between the essential oils using agglomerative hierarchical cluster (AHC) analysis using XLSTAT Premium, version 2018.5.53172 (Addinsoft, Paris, France). Dissimilarity was determined using Euclidean distance, and clustering was defined using Ward’s method.

2.4. Antimicrobial Screening

M. sandwicense essential oils were screened for antimicrobial activity against Gram-positive bacteria (Bacillus cereus (ATCC No. 14579), Cutibacterium acnes (ATCC No. 11827), Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC No. 29213), Staphylococcus epidermidis (ATCC No. 12228), Streptococcus pyogenes (ATCC No. 19615), and Streptococcus pneumoniae (ATCC No. 49136)), Gram-negative bacteria (Escherichia coli (ATCC No. 25922), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (ATCC No. 27853), Serratia marcescens (ATCC No. 14756), Helicobacter pylori (ATCC No. 51111), and Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium (ATCC No. 14028)), molds (Aspergillus niger (ATCC No. 16888), Aspergillus fumigatus (ATCC No. 96918), Microsporum canis (ATCC No. 11621), Microsporum gypseum (ATCC No. 24102), and Trichophyton mentagrophytes (ATCC No. 18748)), and yeasts (Cryptococcus neoformans (ATCC No. 32045) and Candida albicans (ATCC No. 18804)) using the microbroth dilution technique, as previously reported [13].
All bacteria were cultured on tryptic soy agar (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA) except for H. pylori and Streptococcus pneumoniae, which were grown on tryptic soy agar supplemented with 7% (v/v) defibrillated whole sheep blood (Cleveland Scientific, Ohio, USA) under micro-aerophilic conditions for 3 days [14]. All fungi were cultured on yeast malt agar (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA). For bacteria, a 50-μL volume of 1% (w/v) solution of the samples in DMSO was diluted in 50 μL of cation-adjusted Mueller–Hinton broth (CAMHB) (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA). The sample solutions were then serially diluted (1:1) in fresh CAMHB to obtain concentrations of 2500, 1250, 625, 313, 156, 78, 39, and 20 μg/mL. The microbes were harvested from a fresh culture and added to each well at a concentration of approximately 1.5 × 108 colony-forming unit (CFU)/mL for bacteria, and 7.5 × 107 CFU/mL for fungi. The 96-well microdilution plates for bacteria were incubated at 37 °C, and the fungi were incubated at 35 °C for 24 h. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) was determined as the lowest concentration with no turbidity. Gentamicin (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA) was used as a positive antibiotic control, and DMSO was used as the negative control (50 μL DMSO diluted in 50 μL broth medium, and then serially diluted, as above). For fungi, the above-mentioned method was implemented using yeast nitrogen base growth medium (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA) and Amphotericin B (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA) as a positive antifungal control.

3. Results and Discussion

3.1. Essential Oil Composition

Steam distillation of the leaves of M. sandwicense produced a yield of 0.11%. Analysis of the leaf essential oil by GC-MS showed the oil to be rich in the sesquiterpene hydrocarbons β-caryophyllene (15.1%), α-humulene (12.8%), germacrene D (7.9%), bicyclogermacrene (12.5%), and the furanoterpenoids brigalow ketol (9.6%) and myoporone (16.8%) (Table 1).
Two samples of M. sandwicense wood were steam-distilled in a lab setting and analyzed by GC-MS (Table 2). The average oil yield was 0.34%. The oil was yellow to golden in color and had a woody, sweet, slightly spicy, and sandalwood-like aroma. Twenty-three industrially produced M. sandwicense wood oils (N1–N23) were analyzed by GC-MS (Table 3). Both lab-distilled and industrially distilled M. sandwicense wood essential oils were dominated by α-bisabolol and trans-α-bisabolol oxide B. Based on M. sandwicense essential oil compositions, a hierarchical cluster analysis of the oils from this work was carried out. The dissimilarity index was very small, indicating no significant differences in the essential oil compositions of the tested samples (Figure 1).
Steam distillation of a sample of sapwood and a sample of twigs did not produce a separable essential oil. The aqueous distillate (hydrosol) was extracted with dichloromethane, however, to provide vanishingly small quantities of volatiles that could be analyzed by GC-MS (Table 4). The sapwood essential oil was dominated by fatty acids, palmitic acid (35.5%), linoleic acid (19.7%), oleic acid (31.9%, and stearic acid (5.7%), and derivatives of fatty acids. The essential oil from the twigs was rich in n-alkanes, tricosane (77.3%), and pentacosane (13.1%), probably reflecting a waxy coating on the twigs.
There have been several previous investigations on essential oils of Myoporum species reported in the literature. Furanosesquiterpenoids have generally been the dominant constituents (see Table 5).

3.2. Antimicrobial Activity

M. sandwicense essential oils were screened for antimicrobial activity against a panel of potentially pathogenic bacteria and fungi (Table 6). The leaf essential oil of M. sandwicense showed excellent antibacterial activity against S. pyogenes (MIC = 78 μg/mL) and antifungal activity against A. fumigatus (MIC = 39 μg/mL). In fact, these two organisms were the most susceptible in our panel. The major components in the leaf essential oil: β-caryophyllene, α-humulene, bicyclogermacrene, and myoporone, may be responsible for the antimicrobial activity. Both β-caryophyllene and α-humulene have shown antimicrobial activity [21]. In earlier investigation, the essential oil of Centella asiatica, also rich in β-caryophyllene, α-humulene, and bicyclogermacrene, showed antibacterial activity [22]. Myoporone has shown antibacterial activity [20,23]. The wood essential oil of M. sandwicense, which was dominated by α-bisabolol and α-bisabolol oxide B, also showed notable activity against S. pyogenes and A. fumigatus (MIC = 78 μg/mL for each) as well as A. niger and M. gypseum (MIC = 39 μg/mL for each). α-Bisabolol has shown marginal antibacterial activity [24], but good antifungal activity [25,26]. In addition, α-bisabolol has been shown to potentiate the antibacterial activities of several antibiotics [27,28].
The antifungal activity of the essential oil from the twigs against the mold species was surprising. The twig essential oil was composed of 95.4% n-alkanes. Yin and co-workers have examined the antifungal activity of cuticular wax from Asian pear fruit (Pyrus bretchneideri) and concluded that long-chain alkanes have antifungal activity [29]. The flower SFE-CO2 extract of black elderberry, rich in ethyl palmitate, n-pentacosane, n-tricosane, and n-heneicosane, showed antifungal activity [30]. In contrast, the alkane-rich wood essential oil of agarwood (Aquilaria sinensis) showed only marginal antifungal activity [31]. Similarly, n-alkane-rich fractions from a hexane extract of Cupressus lusitanica leaves (>90% alkanes) showed no antifungal activity against a panel of dermatophytes [32]. It is likely that synergistic interactions with the minor components account for the observed antifungal activity of the twig essential oil. The non-polar fraction of surface wax from Asian pear fruits, dominated by long-chain n-alkanes showed inhibition of germination of Alternaria alternata [29]. Likewise, sorghum leaf wax, rich in long-chain alkanes, suppressed the growth of A. alternata [33]. Several long-chain n-alkanes have been screened for inhibition of mycelia and conidial germination of A. alternata and were found to be inactive [34]. Since alkanes do not have functional groups, they are unlikely to interact with biological targets involved with fungal metabolic pathways (e.g., glyoxylate cycle, pyrimidine biosynthesis, cytochrome P450 enzymes, iron metabolism, heme biosynthesis, and acetate metabolism), signal transduction pathways (e.g., MAP kinase, PDK1, and calcium signaling), or gene expression [35]. They are, however, non-polar compounds and would be expected to interact with fungal membranes and disturb membrane integrity, affecting membrane permeability. Thus, n-alkanes may act synergistically with other components in the essential oil, allowing these components to diffuse into the fungal cells.

4. Conclusions

This work is the first report on the chemical composition and antimicrobial properties of Myoporum sandwicense A. Gray (naio) essential oils. The leaf essential oil was made of β-caryophyllene, α-humulene, germacrene D, bicyclogermacrene, brigalow ketol, and myoporone, while the wood essential oil was dominated by α-bisabolol and trans-α-bisabolol oxide B. Palmitic acid, linoleic acid, oleic acid, and stearic acid were the major components of the sapwood oil, whereas the oil from twigs was rich in tricosane and pentacosane. The leaf essential oil of M. sandwicense showed excellent antibacterial activity against Streptococcus pyogenes and antifungal activity against A. fumigatus. The wood essential oil showed notable activity against S. pyogenes, A. fumigatus, A. niger, and M. gypseum. The twig oil was remarkably active against mold species.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, A.S. and P.S.; methodology, N.S.D. and P.S.; software, W.N.S.; formal analysis, N.S.D. and P.S.; investigation, N.S.D. and P.S.; data curation, P.S. and W.N.S.; writing—original draft preparation, W.N.S. and N.S.D.; writing—review and editing, N.S.D., P.S., A.S. and W.N.S.; supervision, W.N.S. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research received no external funding.

Data Availability Statement

Data is contained within this article.

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Willie Rice for plant identification and Greg Hendrickson for valuable discussions.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1. Agglomerative hierarchical cluster (AHC) analysis of Myoporum sandwicense essential oil compositions.
Figure 1. Agglomerative hierarchical cluster (AHC) analysis of Myoporum sandwicense essential oil compositions.
Compounds 03 00012 g001
Table 1. Essential oil composition of Myoporum sandwicense leaf essential oil.
Table 1. Essential oil composition of Myoporum sandwicense leaf essential oil.
RI aCompound%RI aCompound%
1025Limonene0.11579Globulol0.6
1095Linalooltr b1588Viridiflorol0.4
1326δ-Elemene0.91590Cubeban-11-ol0.1
1370α-Copaene0.31600Rosifoliol0.1
1376cis-β-Elemene0.21603Humulene epoxide II0.4
1382β-Cubebene0.216175-epi-7-epi-β-Eudesmol0.1
1384trans-β-Elemene3.916211-epi-Cubenol0.1
1414β-Caryophyllene15.11625iso-Spathulenol0.4
1424β-Copaene0.11635τ-Cadinol0.2
1433Aromadendrene0.21637τ-Muurolol0.2
1446(E)-β-Farnesene0.21639Unidentified c0.7
1450α-Humulene12.81648α-Cadinol1.0
1469cis-Murrola-4 (14),5-diene0.21652Unidentified d1.2
1475Germacrene D7.917039-Oxodendrolasin0.2
1483β-Selinene0.31707Unidentified e0.5
1485Viridiflorene (=Ledene)0.41716Brigalow ketol9.6
1490Bicyclogermacrene12.517391-[5-(3-Furyl)-2-methyltetrahydro-2-furanyl]-4-methyl-3-penten-2-one0.8
1492α-Muurolene0.21745Unidentified f1.3
1501Germacrene A0.11754(Z)-Dihydrophymaspermone0.2
1506γ-Cadinene0.21817(E)-Dihydrophymaspermone0.1
1511δ-Cadinene1.01826Perillup ketol1.6
1526trans-Cadina-1,4-diene0.01834Unidentified g0.6
1530α-Cadinene0.11882(E)-Hexadecantrienal0.1
1541Elemol0.31893Myoporone16.8
1553(E)-Nerolidol1.0 Monoterpene hydrocarbons0.1
1562Dendrolasin1.1 Oxygenated monoterpenoidstr b
1563Palustrol0.1 Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons56.8
1570Spathulenol0.6 Oxygenated sesquiterpenoids36.6
1575Caryophylene oxide0.4 Total identified93.5
a Retention index determined with respect to a homologous series of n-alkanes on a ZB-5 ms column. b Trace (<0.05%). c MS: 250 (5%), 232 (11%), 199 (21%), 171 (26%), 161 (38%), 147 (41%), 131 (42%), 125 (39%), 110 (39%), 95 (100%), 83 (54%), 71 (34%), 59 (62%), 57 (56%), 43 (97%), 41 (57%). d MS: 232 (2%), 214 (85%), 199 (58%), 185 (28%), 171 (34%), 157 (40%), 143 (73%), 129 (60%), 122 (68%), 107 (100%), 95 (100%), 81 (44%), 77 (49%), 67 (30%), 55 (36%), 43 (46%), 41 (48%). e MS: 230 (74%), 215 (29%), 201 (35%), 187 (25%), 159 (40%), 145 (29%), 131 (23%), 105 (21%), 96 (35%), 83 (60%), 82 (54%), 69 (38%), 68 (39%), 67 (36%), 57 (72%), 55 (100%), 43 (85%), 41 (71%). f MS: 232 (3%), 122 (46%), 107 (100%), 95 (18%), 91 (8%), 79 (8%), 67 (13%), 55 (7%), 43 (7%), 41 (11%). g MS: 230 (2%), 215 (5%), 193 (16%), 147 (45%), 95 (100%), 83 (78%), 55 (38%), 41 (9%).
Table 2. Essential oil compositions of lab-distilled Myoporum sandwicense wood essential oils.
Table 2. Essential oil compositions of lab-distilled Myoporum sandwicense wood essential oils.
RIcalc aCompoundSample 1 (%)Sample 2 (%)
1131Limona ketonetr b0.12
1452(E)-β-Farnesene0.140.12
1467Dehydrosesquicineoletr0.12
1488β-Selinenetr---
1500(Z)-α-Bisabolene---tr
1507β-Bisabolene0.831.33
1523β-Sesquiphellandrenetrtr
1540(E)-α-Bisabolene0.140.36
1560(E)-Nerolidoltrtr
1568Dendrolasin0.420.72
1593Fokienol0.14---
1647Himachal-2-en-7β-ol---0.12
1655cis-α-Bisabolol oxide B1.250.97
1659trans-α-Bisabolol oxide B23.0219.66
1663Unidentified c2.084.22
1668Intermedeol0.42---
1686epi-α-Bisabolol1.250.36
1690α-Bisabolol64.0871.05
1692Unidentified d5.69---
1716(2E,6E)-Farnesol0.420.72
1764α-Bisabolol oxide A0.140.12
Total identified92.2395.8
a Retention index determined with respect to a homologous series of n-alkanes on a ZB-5 ms column. b Trace (<0.05%). c MS: 230 (30%), 148 (100%), 131 (47%), 121 (15%), 105 (21%), 95 (33%), 93 (32%), 91 (46%), 81 (39%), 53 (23%), 41 (20%). d MS: 139 (35%), 138 (7%), 121 (8%), 95 (44%), 82 (48%), 71 (25%), 67 (15%), 55 (8%), 43 (100%).
Table 3. Essential oil compositions (%) of industrially-distilled Myoporum sandwicense wood essential oils.
Table 3. Essential oil compositions (%) of industrially-distilled Myoporum sandwicense wood essential oils.
RIcalRIdbCompoundN1N2N3N4N5N6N7N8N9N10N11N12N13N14N15N16N17N18N19N20N21N22N23
10301030Limonene------------tr---trtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtr---tr------trtr---
109811072-Methylbenzofurantrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtr
11321131Limona ketone0.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.1
13551352Tricycloekasantalaltrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtr0.10.1trtrtrtr
14321432trans-α-Bergamotenetrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtr
14481447Geranyl acetone------------tr------------------------------------------------------
14521452(E)-β-Farnesene0.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.10.10.20.20.2
14651472Eudesma-1,4 (15),11-trienetrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtr
14661466Dehydrosesquicineoletrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtr
14781478γ-Curcumenetrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtr
14811480α-Curcumenetrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtr
14951496α-Zingiberenetrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtr
15011503(Z)-α-Bisabolenetrtrtrtr0.1trtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtr0.10.10.1
15041505(E,E)-α-Farnesenetrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtr---trtrtrtrtr---trtrtrtrtr
15081508β-Bisabolene1.11.11.21.21.31.21.21.21.21.11.11.31.31.31.21.11.41.41.11.01.31.41.3
15111511(Z)-γ-Bisabolenetrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtr
15141517Sesquicineoletrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtr
15241523β-Sesquiphellandrene0.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.1
15271528(E)-γ-Bisabolenetrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtr
15411541(E)-α-Bisabolene0.40.40.40.40.50.50.40.40.40.40.40.50.50.40.40.40.50.40.40.30.50.50.5
15611561(E)-Nerolidol0.10.10.10.10.20.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.1
15691568Dendrolasin0.40.40.40.50.50.50.50.50.40.40.40.40.50.40.50.40.60.60.50.40.50.50.4
15951596Fokienol0.91.01.10.80.80.91.21.01.11.01.11.11.00.80.70.90.90.60.70.71.01.01.0
16091611β-Atlantoltrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtr0.1trtrtr---------------------
16401638Gossonorol------------------------------------------------------tr------------
16471646Himachal-2-en-7β-ol0.20.20.20.10.20.10.20.20.20.10.20.20.30.20.10.10.20.20.20.10.20.20.1
1657---6-epi-α-Bisabolol oxide B0.40.40.40.30.40.40.30.30.30.30.50.50.50.50.50.40.50.80.60.40.40.40.4
16611656α-Bisabolol oxide B17.721.919.229.628.123.018.719.018.117.620.423.318.422.627.521.225.631.028.126.426.322.520.8
1666---Unidentified4.43.84.51.61.23.45.23.85.55.53.33.03.63.21.83.52.71.31.21.02.12.93.3
16681666(E)-Bisabol-11-ol0.1tr0.1---0.2tr------tr0.10.10.10.10.1trtr------0.1tr---tr0.2
16721669epi-α-Bisabolol0.1tr0.1tr0.20.10.1tr0.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.1------0.10.1trtr0.1
16911688α-Bisabolol68.163.364.758.659.163.963.266.065.366.363.961.764.664.361.466.159.555.959.763.061.663.565.0
1699---Unidentified3.94.95.04.94.94.16.45.35.24.55.65.46.44.03.73.55.35.34.84.54.04.43.8
17151716(2Z,6Z)-Farnesol0.20.20.20.30.1trtr---tr---0.40.20.20.20.30.30.10.10.30.3tr0.10.1
17211720(2Z,6E)-Farnesol0.1tr0.10.10.20.10.10.10.10.1tr0.10.10.10.10.10.30.20.1tr0.10.10.2
17361743(6E)-9-(3-Furyl)-2,6-dimethyl-2,6-nonadien-4-onetrtrtrtr---trtrtrtrtr0.1tr0.1tr0.10.1trtr------tr------
17621748α-Bisabolol oxide A------------------------------trtrtrtrtrtr---------------------
18201824Avocadynofurantrtr---------trtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtr
19591958Palmitic acid------------------------------------------------trtr---------------
21002100Heneicosane0.10.10.1trtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtr0.10.1
Total identified90.089.488.692.292.291.186.389.287.688.089.189.888.191.493.391.590.191.792.293.192.290.890.7
RIcalc = Retention index calculated with respect to a homologous series of n-alkanes on a ZB-5 ms column. RIdb = Retention index value from the databases. tr = trace (<0.05%).
Table 4. Volatile components from the sapwood and twigs of Myoporum sandwicense.
Table 4. Volatile components from the sapwood and twigs of Myoporum sandwicense.
RI aCompoundSapwoodTwigs
7463-Hydroxy-2-butanone---0.1
801Hexanal0.1---
828Furfural---0.1
971Hexanoic acid---0.2
1028Limonene---tr b
1099Linalool---0.1
1105Nonanal0.1---
1167Octanoic acid0.1---
1194α-Terpineol---0.1
1262Nonanoic acid---tr
1318(E,E)-Decadienaltr---
1358γ-Nonalactone---tr
14769-Oxononanoic acid0.5---
1558Dodecanoic acid0.2tr
1600Hexadecane---tr
1659Selin-11-en-4α-ol0.1---
1667(Z)-1,7-Heptadecadiene---0.1
1671(Z,Z,Z)-1,8,11,14-Heptadecatetraene---0.1
1687α-Bisabolol0.1---
16911-Heptadecene---tr
1700Heptadecane---tr
1714Pentadecanal0.10.1
1757Myristic acid0.6tr
1800Octadecane---0.1
1815Hexadecanal---tr
1839Phytone---0.1
1842Cyclopentadecanolide0.8---
1858Pentadecanoic acid0.4---
1885(Z)-Hexadecatrienal0.1---
1892(9Z)-Hexadecenal0.10.1
1900Nonadecane---0.1
1938Palmitoleic acid0.7---
1953(3Z)-Cembrene A0.1---
1964Palmitic acid35.72
1991Ethyl Palmitate---0.2
2000Eicosane---0.2
2019(E,E)-Geranyl linalool---0.1
2045Heptadecenoic acid0.7---
2059Heptadecanoic acid0.5---
20921-Heneicosene---0.1
2100Heneicosane0.31.6
2128(Z,Z)-Linoleic acid19.70.5
2131(Z,Z,Z)-Linolenic acid---0.2
2138(Z)-Oleic acid31.90.2
2156Ethyl stearate---0.1
2162Ethyl linolenate---0.1
2164Stearic acid5.7---
21921-Docosene---0.2
2200Docosane0.11.2
2223Nonadecadienoic acid0.2---
2261Nonadecanoic acid0.1---
2277(Z,Z,Z)-8,11,14-Eicosatrienoic acid0.1---
22931-Tricosene---0.1
2294(4E,8E,12E)-4,9,13,17-Tetramethyloctadeca-4,8,12,16-tetraenal0.1---
2300Tricosane0.277
2361Eicosanoic acid0.2---
23921-Tetracosene---0.1
2400Tetracosane0.11.7
2428Docosanal0.1---
24931-Pentacosene---tr
2500Pentacosane0.113.1
2600Hexacosane0.10.1
2631Tetracosanal---tr
2700Heptacosanetr---
Total Identified100.0100.0
a Retention index determined with respect to a homologous series of n-alkanes on a ZB-5 ms column. b Trace (<0.05%).
Table 5. Major components of Myoporum essential oils reported in the literature.
Table 5. Major components of Myoporum essential oils reported in the literature.
Myoporum SpeciesEssential OilMajor ComponentsReference
M. crassifolium Forst. f.Woodepi-α-Bisabolol (65.1%), bisabolol oxide B (isomer 2, 9.1%), bisabolol oxide B (isomer 1, 7.3%), crassifolone (6.7%), dihydrocrassifolone (5.7%)[15]
M. deserti A. Cunn.Leaf (CS2 extract)(1R)-1-acetoxymyodesert-3-ene (30%), (1S)-1-acetoxymyodesert-3-ene (50%)[16]
M. deserti A. Cunn.LeafDehydrongaione (90%), isodehydrongaione (4%), dehydroepingaione (6%)[17]
M. laetum G. Forst.LeafNgaione (26.0–44.7%), elemicin (16.6–50.2%), dehydromyoporone (0.4–13.5%), β-elemene (0.6–12.2%), germacrene D (0.7–6.0%)[18]
M. montanum R.Br.LeafMyomontanone (70%), myoporone (22%), isomyomontanone (3%)[19]
M. montanum R.Br.Leaf (acetone extract)Myoporone (16.0%), bicyclogermacrene (10.5%), germacrene D (9.0%), 10,11-dehydroisomyodesmone (5.2%), 10,11-dehydromyodesmone (4.5%)[20]
M. tetrandrum (Labill.) DominLeafDehydrongaione (78%), ngaione (7%), myoporone (11%)[17]
Table 6. Antimicrobial activities, MIC a (μg/mL), of essential oils of Myoporum sandwicense.
Table 6. Antimicrobial activities, MIC a (μg/mL), of essential oils of Myoporum sandwicense.
MicroorganismLeafWoodTwigs
Gram-positive bacteria
  Bacillus cereus25002500313
  Cutibacterium acnes b15631378
  Staphylococcus aureus25002500156
  Staphylococcus epidermidis25002500156
  Streptococcus pneumoniae1561561250
  Streptococcus pyogenes7878156
Gram-negative bacteria
  Escherichia coli2500625625
  Helicobacter pylori313313313
  Pseudomonas aeruginosa25002500313
  Salmonella typhimurium313313313
  Serratia marcescens625625625
Molds
  Aspergillus fumigatus397878
  Aspergillus niger1563978
  Microsporum canis2500250039
  Microsporum gypseum25003939
  Trichophyton mentagrophytes2500250039
Yeasts
  Candida albicans25002500156
  Cryptococcus neoformans313313313
a Minimum inhibitory concentration. b Formerly Propionibacterium acnes.
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