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. 2011;19(2):126–137.

Table 3.

Kinetics of drug release from different batches of multiple emulsions

Model BATCH CODE

C11(C3) C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18
Zero order r2 0.990 0.991 0.987 0.990 0.988 0.993 0.989
KZ 6.151 7.029 9.925 11.03 5.04 3.23 5.749
First order r2 0.866 0.874 0.822 0.813 0.735 0.881 0.846
kF 0.135 0.170 0.170 0.174 0.181 0.204 0.153
Higuchi model r2 0.751 0.871 0.910 0.908 0.743 0.882 0.856
kH 22.76 26.87 38.17 42.58 13.51 9.499 21.78
Weibull model r2 0.861 0.792 0.892 0.895 0.880 0.751 0.686
β 1.103 1.457 1.518 1.60 1.415 1.502 1.251
Td 1.73 2.25 1.98 6.79 3.09 1.95 2.42
Peppas model r2 0.927 0.984 0.892 0.896 0.942 0.954 0.990
kP 0.062 0.073 0.105 0.059 0.016 0.08 0.041
n 0.876 0.914 0.885 0.923 0.953 0.945 0.881
Hixon-Crowel model r2 0.924 0.779 0.855 0.860 0.764 0.927 0.881
kHC 0.024 0.028 0.045 0.052 0.012 0.008 0.022
f1 26.73 12.13 22.06 26.29 31.87 25.81 11.56
f2 39.56 72.63 50.21 66.34 49.08 65.73 72.18

C11 and C3 have similar formula but were prepared by two and one step emulsification techniques, respectively