## 3 Results and Discussion
### EO Chemical Composition  
The chemical composition of the EOs obtained from different Azorean _C. japonica_ parts are detailed in Table 2, and their chromatographic profiles are shown in Figure 2A-D.  
GC-MS and GC-FID analysis resulted in the identification of seventy-one components in the EOs isolated from the different Azorean _C. japonica_ parts which accounted for up to 92 to 98% of the total EOs and were grouped into six classes: monoterpene hydroc \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c} \hline \hline \multirow{2}{*}{**Essential Oil**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Plant Part**} \\ \cline{2-5}  & **FCs** & **MCs** & **Leaves** & **Foliage** \\ \hline Yield (\%, \(w/\)d.w.) & 0.67 \(\pm\) 0.03 a & 0.70 \(\pm\) 0.04 a & 2.63 \(\pm\) 0.16 b & 2.11 \(\pm\) 0.14 b \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular} Values are mean \(\pm\) SD (\(t\) = 3). Different letters indicate statistically significant differences at \(p\) < 0.05. d.w—dry weight. (MCs), leaves, and foliage.  
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Table 1: Yield of the essential oil from Azorean _Crytomeria japonica_ female cones (FCs), male cones (MCs), leaves, and foliage. bons, oxygen-containing monoterepenes, sesquiterpene hydrocarbons, oxygen-containing sesquiterpenes, diterpene hydrocarbons, and oxygen-containing diterpenes (Table 2). \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c} \hline \hline \multirow{2}{*}{**Components**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**RI**} & \multicolumn{5}{c}{**Sample**} \\ \cline{3-6}  & & **FC EO** & **MC EO** & **Leaf EO** & **Foliage EO** \\ \hline Tricylene & 921 & 0.1 & 0.3 & 0.3 & 0.2 \\ \(\alpha\)-Thujene & 924 & 0.7 & 2.1 & 1.6 & 0.9 \\ \(\alpha\)-Pinene & 930 & 44.6 & 37.6 & 25.8 & 17.0 \\ Camphene & 938 & 1.0 & 1.8 & 2.1 & 1.4 \\ Sabinene & 958 & 3.9 & 6.1 & 14.1 & 8.1 \\ \(\beta\)-Pinene & 963 & 1.6 & 1.3 & 1.4 & 1.1 \\ \(1\),\(2\),\(4\)-Trimethyl benzene & 975 & t & t & t & t \\ \(\beta\)-Myrcene & 975 & 1.7 & 4.7 & 3.4 & 2.9 \\ \(\alpha\)-Phellandrene & 995 & t & 0.4 & t & t \\ \(\delta\)-\(3\)-Carene & 1000 & 1.3 & 1.6 & 0.8 & 0.9 \\ \(\alpha\)-Terpinene & 1002 & 0.6 & 3.4 & 1.1 & 1 \\ \(p\)-Cymene & 1003 & 0.9 & 1.0 & t & 0.2 \\ \(\beta\)-Phellandrene & 1005 & 0.8 & 1.1 & 0.5 & 0.4 \\ Limonene & 1009 & 1.0 & 3.2 & 1.1 & 1.3 \\ \(cis\)-\(\beta\)-Ocimene & 1017 & t & t & t & t \\ \(trans\)-\(\beta\)-Ocimene & 1027 & t & t & t & t \\ \(\gamma\)-Terpinene & 1035 & 0.8 & 4.9 & 1.9 & 1.8 \\ \(trans\)-Sabinene hydrate & 1037 & t & t & t & 0.1 \\ Frenchone & 1050 & t & t & t & t \\ \(2\),\(5\)-Dimethyl styrene & 1059 & 0.1 & t & t & t \\ Terpinolene & 1064 & 0.5 & 1.3 & 0.8 & 0.7 \\ \(cis\)-Sabinene hydrate & 1066 & t & t & t & t \\ Linalool & 1074 & t & t & t & t \\ \(trans\)-Thujone & 1081 & t & t & t & t \\ \(1\)-Octen-3-yl acetate & 1086 & t & t & t & t \\ trans-p-2-Menthen-1-ol & 1099 & 0.2 & t & t & t \\ Camphor & 1102 & t & t & t & t \\ \(cis\)-\(p\)-2-Menthen-1-ol & 1114 & t & 0.3 & t & 0.1 \\ Borneol & 1134 & 0.5 & 0.1 & t & t \\ Terpinen-4-ol & 1148 & 3.7 & 11.8 & 2.7 & 3.5 \\ \(\alpha\)-Terpineol & 1159 & 0.8 & 0.9 & t & 0.3 \\ \(\alpha\)-Fenchyl acetate & 1200 & t & t & t & t \\ Geraniol & 1236 & t & t & t & t \\ Bornyl acetate & 1265 & 0.2 & 1.3 & 1.4 & 1.4 \\ \(cis\)-Verbenyl acetate & 1266 & t & t & t & t \\ \(\alpha\)-Terpenyl acetate & 1334 & 0.3 & 0.1 & t & 0.1 \\ \(\alpha\)-Cubebene & 1345 & t & t & t & t \\ \(\alpha\)-Copaene & 1375 & t & t & t & t \\ \(\beta\)-Elemene & 1388 & 0.4 & t & t & 0.1 \\ \(\beta\)-Carophyllene & 1414 & 0.2 & t & 0.2 & 0.2 \\ \(\beta\)-Copane & 1426 & 0.4 & t & t & t \\ \(\alpha\)-Humulene & 1447 & t & t & t & t \\ \(\gamma\)-Muurolene & 1469 & 0.3 & t & t & 0.4 \\ Germacrene D & 1474 & 0.9 & t & 0.5 & t \\ \(\beta\)-Selinene & 1476 & t & t & t & t \\ \(\alpha\)-Muurolene & 1494 & 0.3 & t & 0.3 & 0.2 \\ \(\gamma\)-Cadinene & 1500 & 0.4 & t & 0.4 & 0.3 \\ \(trans\)-Calamene & 1505 & t & t & t & t \\ \(\delta\)-Cadinene & 1505 & 0.4 & 0.2 & 1.3 & 0.9 \\ \(\alpha\)-Cadinene & 1529 & t & t & t & t \\ Elemol & 1530 & 3.9 & 2.0 & 11.5 & 13.6 \\ Germacrene D-4-ol 1 & 1557 & 0.2 & t & 0.4 & 0.7 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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