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. 2017 Aug 2;9(8):330. doi: 10.3390/polym9080330

Table 3.

Adjusted coefficient of determination (R2) obtained by the kinetic evaluation of drug release plots and calculation of lag time. (n) The Korsmeyer-Peppas exponent of the release mechanism; (b) shape parameter of Weibull model.

Kinetic Model Parameters OA1 OA2 OAP1 OAP2 P1 P2 IM1 IM2
Lag time (h) 2.56 3.21 3.33 3.10 3.24 3.37 3.68 3.66
Baker-Lonsdale R2 0.77 0.00 0.77 0.78 0.77 0.77 0.76 0.75
First order R2 0.96 0.97 0.96 0.91 0.96 0.96 0.96 0.95
Higuchi R2 0.77 0.78 0.78 0.79 0.77 0.77 0.76 0.75
Hixson-Crowell R2 0.96 0.97 0.97 0.90 0.96 0.96 0.96 0.96
Korsmeyer-Peppas R2 0.99 1.00 0.99 0.99 0.99 0.99 1.00 0.99
n 1.67 1.34 1.36 1.74 1.82 1.74 1.81 1.58
Weibull R2 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.99 0.99 1.00 1.00 0.99
b 1.37 1.20 1.17 5.6 1.50 1.17 2.22 1.73