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D. Don (Cupressaceae) is widely cultivated in the Azores archipelago (Portugal) for landscaping and timber production, generating a huge amount of biomass residues. Among these, female cones (FC) emerge as a source of particularly valuable essential oils (EOs), namely, as promising broad-spectrum antimicrobial agents. However, phytochemical research on C. japonica FC EOs remains scarce. This study evaluated the EO yields and chemical compositions of immature and mature FC (IFC and MFC) from the same batch of Azorean C. japonica. IFC and MFC EOs, obtained via hydrodistillation, presented different yields (0.72% vs. 1.12% w\/w, dry weight), and their composition, determined via gas chromatography\/mass spectroscopy, revealed that the monoterpenes class was dominant (51.84% vs. 69.13%), followed by the sesquiterpenes (36.44% vs. 26.28%) and diterpenes (10.96% vs. 3.03%) classes. However, the correspondent oxygen-containing terpenes classes were 1.5\u20132.0 times higher in IFC. Thus, the maturation process revealed an increase in EO yield and \u03b1-pinene content (19.5% vs. 41.3%) but a decrease in other important bioactive terpenes\/terpenoids (terpinen-4-ol, bornyl acetate, elemol, \u03b3-eudesmol, phyllocladene, and nezukol) content. In conclusion, IFC and MFC EOs, due to their unique composition, may have differential commercial applications and, consequently, contribute to increasing the commercial potential of C. japonica\u2019s EO industry.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/separations11020062","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,20]],"date-time":"2024-02-20T05:10:04Z","timestamp":1708405804000},"page":"62","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Essential Oils from Azorean Cryptomeria japonica Female Cones at Different Developmental Stages: Variations in the Yields and Chemical Compositions"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6897-4886","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alexandre","family":"Janeiro","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Research and Technology (IITAA), University of the Azores, 9700-042 Angra do Hero\u00edsmo, Portugal"},{"name":"Department of Physics, Chemistry and Engineering (DCFQE), Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Azores, 9500-321 Ponta Delgada, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5139-0828","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ana","family":"Lima","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Research and Technology (IITAA), University of the Azores, 9700-042 Angra do Hero\u00edsmo, Portugal"},{"name":"Department of Physics, Chemistry and Engineering (DCFQE), Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Azores, 9500-321 Ponta Delgada, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Filipe","family":"Arruda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Research and Technology (IITAA), University of the Azores, 9700-042 Angra do Hero\u00edsmo, Portugal"},{"name":"Department of Biology (DB), Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Azores, 9500-321 Ponta Delgada, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-0200-9768","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tanner","family":"Wortham","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Perfumery, 621 Park East Blvd, New Albany, IN 47150, USA"}]},{"given":"T\u00e2nia","family":"Rodrigues","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology (DB), Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Azores, 9500-321 Ponta Delgada, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Jos\u00e9","family":"Baptista","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Research and Technology (IITAA), University of the Azores, 9700-042 Angra do Hero\u00edsmo, Portugal"},{"name":"Department of Physics, Chemistry and Engineering (DCFQE), Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Azores, 9500-321 Ponta Delgada, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6736-8729","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Elisabete","family":"Lima","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Research and Technology (IITAA), University of the Azores, 9700-042 Angra do Hero\u00edsmo, Portugal"},{"name":"Department of Physics, Chemistry and Engineering (DCFQE), Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Azores, 9500-321 Ponta Delgada, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Arruda, F., Lima, A., Wortham, T., Janeiro, A., Rodrigues, T., Baptista, J., Rosa, J.S., and Lima, E. 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