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. 2010 Apr 20;11(2):663–671. doi: 10.1208/s12249-010-9428-6

Table III.

Drug Release Kinetic Parameters of Rifampicin (Reference) and Rifampicin-Loaded-mPEG–DSPE Nanoparticles

Formula code Formulations Release rate constant Correlation coefficient (r) Higuchi (r) T 50% (h)
Zero-order k 0% (day−1) First-order k 1 (day −1)
F1 Rifampicin 131.53 ± 16.14 0.9816 ± 0.07 0.9640 ± 0.04 10.98 ± 0.03
F2 R/mPEG2000–DSPE (1:5)/0.45 1.10 ± 0.07 0.9897 ± 0.01 0.9780 ± 0.01 17.06 ± 0.02
F3 R/mPEG2000–DSPE (1:10)/0.45 1.31 ± 0.22 0.9923 ± 0.01 0.9772 ± 0.01 16.52 ± 0.06
F4 R/mPEG2000–DSPE (1.5:10)/0.45 0.82 ± 0.03 0.9954 ± 0.01 0.9890 ± 0.01 20.88 ± 0.03
F5 R/mPEG2000–DSPE (1:5)/0.22 2.14 ± 0.05 0.9843 ± 0.02 0.9489 ± 0.02 11.78 ± 0.04
F6 R/mPEG2000–DSPE (1:10)/0.22 1.56 ± 0.26 0.9695 ± 0.03 0.9411 ± 0.02 10.95 ± 0.02
F7 R/mPEG2000–DSPE (1.5:10)/0.22 2.40 ± 0.25 0.9759 ± 0.02 0.9452 ± 0.03 12.83 ± 0.07
F8 R/mPEG5000–DSPE (1:5)/0.45 1.04 ± 0.08 0.9944 ± 0.01 0.9794 ± 0.01 20.10 ± 0.05
F9 R/mPEG5000–DSPE (1:10)/0.45 1.29 ± 0.21 0.9950 ± 0.01 0.9849 ± 0.01 18.54 ± 0.01
F10 R/mPEG5000–DSPE (1.5:10)/0.45 0.76 ± 0.02 0.9777 ± 0.03 0.9627 ± 0.03 22.10 ± 0.03
F11 R/mPEG5000–DSPE (1:5)/0.22 1.44 ± 0.31 0.9786 ± 0.01 0.9560 ± 0.02 12.94 ± 0.05
F12 R/mPEG5000–DSPE (1:10)/0.22 1.49 ± 0.02 0.9476 ± 0.03 0.9414 ± 0.01 11.74 ± 0.03
F13 R/mPEG5000–DSPE (1.5:10)/0.22 1.63 ± 0.52 0.9699 ± 0.04 0.9540 ± 0.02 13.63 ± 0.01

Mean ± SD; N = 3