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. 2020 Apr 17;57(11):4111–4122. doi: 10.1007/s13197-020-04447-w

Table 4.

Kinetic model parameters for the release of phenolic compounds from microcapsules formulated with several encapsulating agents

Treatment Encapsulating agents Zero First-order Higuchi Korsmeyer-Peppas
k R2 k R2 k R2 K value
(s−1)
n R2
T1 MD-GA 0.0101 52 − 0.0396 75 0.0265 65 80.81 0.0221 99
T2 MD–GC 0.021 52 − 0.146 68 0.064 67 54.54 0.077 98
T3 MD–CSP 0.0152 43 − 0.0449 66 0.049 56 60.85 0.067 98
T4 MD-PC 0.0107 53 − 0.0453 74 0.0478 67 68.99 0.0481 99
T5 MD–SP 0.0064 76 − 0.0319 85 0.0167 88 86.60 0.016 99
T6 MD 0.0094 75 − 0.0387 92 0.0287 86 78.42 0.0287 99

MD maltodextrin, GA gum Arabic, SP soy protein, CSP cocoa shell pectin, PC protein Cajanus cajan seeds, GC gum Cajanus cajan seeds