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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 25.
Published in final edited form as: Pharm Dev Technol. 2013 Sep 19;19(7):806–812. doi: 10.3109/10837450.2013.836216

Table 1.

Observed responses in D-optimal mixture design for DTPA penta-ethyl ester matrixes.

Independent Variables Dependent Variables

X1 X2 X3 Y1 Y2 Y3

Batch PVP
(%)
Eudragit® RL PO
(%)
α-Tocopherol
(%)
DTPA penta-ethyl ester loading
(%)
Water absorption
(%)
DTPA penta-ethyl ester remaininga
(%)
1 25 0 0 66.0 8.3 45.3
2 13.5625 11.0625 0.375 64.2 5.6 62.0
3 13.5625 10.3125 1.125 65.2 5.6 69.0
4 10 13.5 1.5 64.7 4.3 82.0
5 23.5 0 1.5 65.5 7.5 71.5
6 10 15 0 64.1 5.1 57.4
7 24.25 0 0.75 66.0 7.3 66.4
8 20.6875 3.5625 0.75 65.5 7.7 69.0
9 17.5 7.5 0 64.5 6.2 57.2
10 25 0 0 66.2 7.4 42.2
11 17.5 7.5 0 65.0 6.8 53.9
12 10 15 0 64.6 5.0 61.4
13 23.5 0 1.5 65.4 7.8 72.3
14 10 13.5 1.5 64.4 4.5 76.0
a

Stability after storage at 40 ± 2°C and 75 ± 5% relative humidity for one month.