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Table 3.

Antioxidant properties of the tested extracts.

Samples	Methods	DPPH (mg TE/g)^x	ABTS (mg TE/g)^x	CUPRAC (mg TE/g)^x	FRAP (mg TE/g)^y	PHBD (mmol TE/g)^x	Chelating Activity (mg EDTAE/g) ^y
Hot pepper	Decoction	22.13 ± 0.86^a	52.00 ± 0.12^a	46.23 ± 0.31^ab	34.38 ± 0.25^a	1.5 3± 0.09^a	4.47 ± 0.17^bc
	Soxhlet	15.08 ± 0.52^abc	47.62 ± 0.33^ab	36.26 ± 0.42^abc	24.18 ± 0.22^d	1.23 ± 0.08^abc	19.25 ± 0.03^a
	Microwave	13.91 ± 0.35^bcd	40.98 ± 0.52^abcd	33.83 ± 0.18^bcde	24.85 ± 0.38^c	1.21 ± 0.04^bcd	19.15 ± 0.37^a
	Hexan	2.01 ± 0.08^cd	18.17 ± 0.90^de	21.35 ± 0.28^de	14.84 ± 0.05^f	0.27 ± 0.02^d	NA
Sweet pepper	Decoction	15.44 ± 0.55^ab	38.01 ± 0.56^cde	34.14 ± 0.10^abcd	24.42 ± 0.24	1.21 ± 0.04^bcd	4.93 ± 0.16^bc
	Soxhlet	16.65 ± 0.47^ab	47.08 ± 0.16^abc	47.15 ± 0.62^a	31.60 ± 0.21^b	1.25 ± 0.13^ab	18.49 ± 0.04^ab
	Microwave	12.37 ± 0.46^bcd	40.20 ± 0.51^bcde	27.95 ± 0.24^cde	18.74 ± 0.26^e	0.94 ± 0.03^bcd	18.05 ± 1.05^abc
	Hexan	NA	5.17 ± 0.16^e	16.21 ± 0.11^e	7.81 ± 0.07^g	0.38 ± 0.03^cd	NA

Values expressed as means ± SD of three parallel measurements; PHBD: phosphomolybdenum assay; TE: Trolox equivalent; EDTAE: EDTA equivalent; NA: not active. In same column, different superscripts (a–g) indicate significant differences in the tested extracts (p < 0.05). ^x Statistical evaluation by Kruskal–Wallis test. ^y Statistical evaluation by ANOVA test.