*4.5. Essential Oil Extraction*

The isolation of the essential oil from leaves of *A. cherimola* was carried out by hydrodistillation using a Clevenger-type apparatus according to the procedure described by Valarezo et al. [36]. After being collected, the essential oil was dried using anhydrous sodium sulphate. Finally, the EO was stored at 4 ◦C in amber sealed vials until being used in the subsequent analysis.
