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. 2018 Jun 27;8(41):23274–23283. doi: 10.1039/c8ra03367f

The maximum release after 10 h, and the release constants (kH – the Higuchi constant, kr – the release rate constant), the diffusion coefficient (nr), and regression coefficients (R2) calculated using the Higuchi and Korsmeyer–Peppas mathematical models for pectin–CaCO3 and NPEC–CaCO3 composite microparticles and both drugs, STR and KAN.

Sample n+/n Maximum release, % Higuchi model Korsmeyer–Peppas model
k H, min1/2 R 2 n r k r, minn R 2
STR
PCT49 0 26 2.061 0.941 1.763 0.0042 0.996
PCT49/PAH 0.5 27.17 1.911 0.981 0.877 0.0508 0.965
PCT49/PAH 0.9 86.02 6.969 0.956 1.326 0.0087 0.960
PCT49/PAH 1.2 30.73 2.578 0.987 1.182 0.0103 0.976
PCT_A21 0 16.41 1.305 0.966 1.123 0.0158 0.965
PCT_A21/PAH 0.5 38.23 3.178 0.982 1.363 0.0062 0.969
PCT_A21/PAH 0.9 73.79 5.627 0.947 1.405 0.0111 0.995
PCT_A21/PAH 1.2 32.24 2.510 0.979 1.045 0.0177 0.978
KAN
PCT49 0 13.71 1.389 0.991 0.882 0.0197 0.964
PCT49/PAH 0.5 17.84 1.661 0.966 1.016 0.0348 0.985
PCT49/PAH 0.9 92.74 9.507 0.979 0.858 0.0271 0.979
PCT49/PAH 1.2 32.62 2.710 0.989 0.968 0.0064 0.996
PCT_A21 0 9.68 0.979 0.993 1.101 0.0145 0.967
PCT_A21/PAH 0.5 18.20 1.837 0.958 1.700 0.0055 0.988
PCT_A21/PAH 0.9 75.66 8.268 0.978 1.553 0.0043 0.951
PCT_A21/PAH 1.2 20.23 2.123 0.987 1.406 0.0066 0.930