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. 2017 May 10;20(1):419–433. doi: 10.1080/15685551.2017.1326702

Table 8. Release kinetics of drug at different pH from microspheres.

Formulation pH Zero order release kinetics
First order release kinetics
Higuchi model
K0 (h−1) r K1 (h−1) r K2 (h−1) r
F1 1.2 4.749 0.752 0.165 0.873 0.219 0.890
7.4 2.565 0.959 0.045 0.972 0.133 0.994
F2 1.2 4.537 0.749 0.131 0.841 0.209 0.886
7.4 2.590 0.952 0.038 0.951 0.127 0.988
F3 1.2 4.057 0.903 0.100 0.971 0.178 0.970
7.4 2.601 0.944 0.038 0.954 0.128 0.990
F4 1.2 4.375 0.865 0.110 0.956 0.195 0.961
7.4 2.551 0.882 0.037 0.908 0.055 0.964
F5 1.2 4.275 0.851 0.100 0.941 0.192 0.954
7.4 2.726 0.853 0.039 0.866 0.131 0.937
F6 1.2 4.671 0.923 0.097 0.986 0.204 0.939
7.4 2.807 0.848 0.042 0.874 0.137 0.986
F7 1.2 4.801 0.942 0.089 0.990 0.209 0.993
7.4 2.921 0.910 0.045 0.927 0.142 0.973