## 3 Results
### Results of In Vitro Testing of the Antioxidant Capacity
#### 3.1.2 Folin-Ciocalteu Method  
In this method, after the absorbances for the hydrophilic (Table 5) and lipophilic cream samples (Table 6) were obtained, the results were determined in micrograms of gallic acid equivalent per gram (\(\mu\)g GAE/g) of sample for the hydrophilic extracts, while for the lipophilic extracts the results for antioxidant capacity were determined in micrograms of alpha-tocopherol equivalent per gram (\(\mu\)g AE/g) of sample. The gallic acid calibration curve was in the range of 20-70 \(\mu\)g/mL, while the calibration curve for alpha-tocopherol for the Folin-Ciocalteu method was in the range of 5-30 \(\mu\)g/mL.  
Based on the obtained absorbances of the hydrophilic and lipophilic extracts, the micrograms of gallic acid and alpha-tocopherol equivalents per gram of sample (\(\mu\)g TE/g and \(\mu\)g AE/g) were calculated for each extract. The results are shown in Tables 7 and 8.  
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c} \hline \hline
**SAMPLE** & **A1** & **A2** & **A3** & \(\mathbf{X}\) & **SD** & **CV (\%)** \\ \hline
1 & 0.239 & 0.242 & 0.242 & 0.141 & 0.0017 & 0.70 \\
2 & 0.479 & 0.479 & 0.478 & 0.179 & 0.0007 & 0.15 \\
3 & 0.119 & 0.117 & 0.119 & 0.119 & 0.0014 & 1.18 \\
4 & 0.305 & 0.304 & 0.304 & 0.304 & 0.0007 & 0.23 \\
5 & 0.071 & 0.070 & 0.070 & 0.070 & 0.0007 & 1.00 \\
6 & 0.128 & 0.128 & 0.127 & 0.128 & 0.0007 & 0.101 \\
7 & 0.131 & 0.131 & 0.130 & 0.131 & 0.0007 & 0.53 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
\end{table}
Table 6: Absorbances obtained for lipophilic extracts of cream samples (Folin-Ciocalteu method).  
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c} \hline \hline
**Sample** & **\% of Inhibition** & \(\mu\)g AE/g of Sample \\ \hline
1 & 47.89 & 28.64 \\
2 & 15.96 & 7.26 \\
3 & 22.88 & 11.89 \\
4 & 83.20 & 52.29 \\
5 & 19.24 & 9.45 \\
6 & 20.85 & 9.48 \\
7 & 80.86 & 50.72 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
\end{table}
Table 4: Results expressed as percentage of inhibition and in \(\mu\)g AE/g of sample (DPPH method).  
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c} \hline \hline
**SAMPLE** & **A1** & **A2** & **A3** & \(\mathbf{X}\) & **SD** & **CV (\%)** \\ \hline
1 & 0.028 & 0.029 & 0.029 & 0.029 & 0.0007 & 2.41 \\
2 & 0.072 & 0.073 & 0.073 & 0.073 & 0.0007 & 0.96 \\
3 & 0.233 & 0.233 & 0.234 & 0.233 & 0.0007 & 0.30 \\
4 & 0.357 & 0.356 & 0.357 & 0.357 & 0.0007 & 0.20 \\
5 & 0.178 & 0.178 & 0.177 & 0.178 & 0.0007 & 0.39 \\
6 & 0.024 & 0.023 & 0.023 & 0.023 & 0.0007 & 3.04 \\
7 & 0.172 & 0.173 & 0.172 & 0.172 & 0.0007 & 0.41 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
\end{table}
Table 5: Absorbances obtained for hydrophilic extracts of cream samples (Folin-Ciocalteu method).  
The results obtained indicate that the hydrophilic extract from cream 4 had the highest antioxidant capacity. The results for extracts from creams 3, 5 and 7 were similar. followed by the extracts from creams 2 and 1 and cream 6 the lowest antioxidant capacity. In the lipophilic extracts the highest antioxidant capacity was in lipophilic cream extract 4, followed by cream extracts 3, 5, 7 and 2. The values for extracts 1 and 6 were similar and these samples showed the lowest antioxidant capacity according to the Folin-Ciocalteu method.