Table II.

Study of Kinetic Parameters by Fitting Release Data to Various Equations and Dissolution Efficiency

Sample no.	Zero-order equation		First-order equation		Cube root law		Higuchi’s equation		Korsmeyer–Peppas		Dissolution efficiency
	k 1	r 2	k 2	r 2	k 3	r 2	k 4	r 2	n a	r 2	1 h	8 h
MIC1	1.7494	0.6409	0.0556	0.8167	0.057	0.7588	11.494	0.8187	0.2616	0.9292	42.49	56.61
MIC2	1.8574	0.932	0.0357	0.9845	0.044	0.9723	11.288	0.9948	0.3476	0.9953	23.01	32.31
MIC3	1.8193	0.7799	0.047	0.9284	0.0528	0.8874	12.078	0.902	0.2898	0.9412	36.14	47.35
MIC4	1.9433	0.8112	0.0538	0.9418	0.0585	0.9036	12.389	0.9527	0.2823	0.99	35.76	48.6
MIC5	2.4017	0.812	0.1151	0.9987	0.1002	0.968	15.319	0.9546	0.3025	0.9911	39.78	55.19
MIC6	2.0892	0.5987	0.2816b	0.9902	0.2178	0.7962	14.292	0.8096	0.2544	0.9342	50.41	69.49
MIC7	2.0115	0.9061	0.0512	0.9879	0.0573	0.9696	14.517	0.9837	0.2929	0.9954	32.36	43.4
MIC8	2.2184	0.7672	0.0717	0.9212	0.0736	0.8746	14.354	0.9281	0.3111	0.9821	35.28	51.53
MIC9	2.2952	0.7576	0.2805c	0.9757	0.1904	0.9535	11.343	0.868	0.1471	0.9337	68.76	80.4
MIC10	1.9395	0.9023	0.0433	0.9764	0.0508	0.9566	11.958	0.9911	0.3082	0.995	28.38	39.39
MIC11	1.9512	0.9262	0.0512	0.9929	0.0567	0.9797	11.892	0.9941	0.2707	0.99	34.58	44.67
MIC12	2.2355	0.8641	0.3689	0.9921	0.2281	0.9864	9.5615	0.9449	0.1017	0.9876	78.08	93.42

^aExponent “n” of Korsmeyer–Peppas equation is obtained from slope of the profile

^bCalculated with data up to t = 12 h

^cCalculated with data up to t = 11 h