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. 2008 Sep-Oct;70(5):596–602. doi: 10.4103/0250-474X.45397

TABLE 3.

RELEASE KINETICS PARAMETERS FOR IE1C3 AND IE2C4 IN SIMULATED GI FLUID pH (WITHOUT ENZYMES) WITH AND WITHOUT SURFACTANT

Parameters IE1C3 IE2C4


Without surfactant Tween 80 (1% v/v) SLS (0.5% w/v) Without surfactant Tween 80 (1% v/v) SLS (0.5% w/v)
ra 0.9685 0.9923 0.9933 0.9891 0.9802 0.9711
Kb 0.0119 0.0174 0.0224 0.0192 0.0127 0.0157
nc 1.50 1.42 1.31 1.38 1.32 1.41
t10%d 3.1 3.4 2.9 3.3 3.7 3.0
t50%e 10.5 10.6 9.4 10.5 11.1 7.8
t90%f 15.3 16.1 14.4 16.1 17.1 14.7
a

Correlation coefficient.

b

Release rate constant.

c

Diffusional exponent indicative of the release mechanism.

d

Time for 10% of the drug release (in h).

e

Time for 50% of the drug release (in h).

f

Time for 90% of the drug release (in h).