Research Article

Statistical Optimization and In Vitro Evaluation of Metformin Hydrochloride Asymmetric Membrane Capsules Prepared by a Novel Semiautomatic Manufacturing Approach

Table 4

Comparative drug release kinetics for the design formulations.

Form. codeKinetic ModelsKorsmeyer peppas parameter Best fit model
Zero-order
plot
First-order
plot
Higuchi
plot
Korsmeyer-peppasHixson-crowell

F1M10.9957.4140.899−0.1450.90020.7840.9944.3650.949−0.0371.252Zero-order
F1M20.9928.7860.775−0.2430.89223.5470.9954.5790.903−0.0511.315Peppas
F1M30.97313.8560.956−0.3630.94832.7620.98714.5430.987−0.0820.988Peppas
F1M40.9934.5890.967−0.0610.89612.8600.9963.9090.978−0.0181.062Peppas
F2M10.98810.3410.896−0.2470.93827.0000.98810.0690.967−0.0571.021Peppas
F2M20.99311.0540.840−0.2340.91225.6650.9979.7400.919−0.0571.066Peppas
F2M30.99216.7490.856−0.4450.94534.3870.99117.6020.945−0.0970.970Zero-order
F2M40.9715.1880.931−0.0730.91014.7520.9639.7750.950−0.0210.681Zero-order
Mktd0.88489.8220.843−0.3190.99728.8620.99225.8320.968−0.0620.556Matrix