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. 2017 Feb 16;12:1329–1339. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S126199

Table 4.

In vitro drug release fitting equation of different formulations

Fitting equation Parameter First-order equation Higuchi equation Niebergull equation Hixson–Crowell equation Ritger–Peppas equation Weibull equation
Aqueous solution R2 0.924 0.965 0.918 0.92 0.969 0.971
AIC −17.938 −20.019 −6.234 −6.204
(+) L/NPs R2 0.892 0.901 0.871 0.878 0.921 0.929
AIC −7.317 −9.717 −12.102 −14.181 −1.985 −1.516
(−) L/NPs R2 0.919 0.884 0.890 0.8968 0.904 0.912
AIC −8.468 −9.529 −6.203 −8.283 −0.0374 −0.019

Abbreviations: AIC, Akaike information criterion; L/NPs, lipid nanoparticles.