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. 2015 Jan 22;9(3):941–946. doi: 10.3892/etm.2015.2201

Table VI.

Release curve-fitting equations of rapamycin-containing liposomes.

Model Fitting equation Correlation coefficient r
Zero-order release model Q = 0.0152 t + 0.4544 0.9101
First-order release model ln(1-Q) = −0.046 t − 0.5090 0.9770
Higuchi model Q = 0.1166 t1/2 + 0.2697 0.9673
Ritger-Peppas model lnQ = 0.2965 lnt − 0.1067 0.9600
Weibull model ln(1/1-Q) = 0.5311 lnt − 0.1704 0.9710

Q, accumulative release rate; t, time.