Research Article

Formulation and Evaluation of Controlled-Release Tablet of Zolpidem Tartrate by Melt Granulation Technique

Table 5

Kinetic treatment of dissolution data.

𝐹 1 𝐹 2 𝐹 3 𝐹 4 𝐹 5 𝐹 6 𝐹 7 𝐹 8 𝐹 9

Zero order

𝐵 1.71883.8501.97272.67222.85425.427.18595.76256.6357
𝐴 89.5071.3787.9583.4681.2562.9642.7459.7643.639
𝑅 2 0.64970.84840.65670.73950.78970.89320.97990.90230.9775

First order
𝐵 0.00810.02030.00950.01300.01400.02960.04490.03210.0338
𝐴 1.951.85281.94181.91921.90831.80121.66501.78061.7414
𝑅 2 0.64380.82060.64820.72760.76990.85510.94830.86640.9394

Higuchi
𝐵 7.604816.0778.71011.57269.39622.3528.523.6426.37
𝐴 81.7355.9379.07571.9012.11941.8116.9037.5119.75
𝑅 2 0.73750.90880.74290.82160.86020.94390.99740.94970.9962

Hixon Crowell
𝐵 −0.028−0.0678−0.0327−0.044−0.0480−0.0976−0.141−0.105−0.131
𝐴 0.17260.49460.19980.27640.31360.65781.08440.72191.069
𝑅 2 −0.645−0.8300−0.6507−0.7316−0.7765−0.8684−0.9605−0.8792−0.9594

Korsmeyer and Peppas
𝐵 0.08370.1870.0970.1280.1330.2670.3790.2880.356
𝐴 −0.0621−0.163−0.0711−0.095−0.105−0.219−0.355−0.240−0.350
𝑅 2 0.82010.94350.82290.88860.91090.9620.9980.9680.997

𝐵 = slope, 𝐴 = intercept, 𝑅 2 = square of correlation coefficient, and 𝑛 = diffusion exponent.