Optimizing Delivery Characteristics of Curcumin as a Model Drug via Tailoring Mean Diameter Ranges of Cellulose Beads

Table 2

Release kinetic parameters of curcumin from cellulose beads of different mean diameter ranges.

Mean diameter range	Zero order	Higuchi model	Korsmeyer-Peppas model
	()	()	()		()
nCBs (nm)
40–90	0.992	0.987	0.990	0.544	1.698
100–130	0.993	0.993	0.973	0.561	1.612
190–250	0.994	0.9851	0.991	0.608	1.516
μCBs (μm)
20–40	0.986	0.984	0.986	0.717	1.359
41–60	0.984	0.977	0.971	0.730	1.311
61–80	0.983	0.983	0.992	0.782	1.239