Research Article

Influence of the Preparation Method on Some Characteristics of Alginate/Chitosan/Lovastatin Composites

Table 7

Release constant (k) and regression coefficient (R2) obtained from kinetic equations reflecting LVS release from D-LSD and ID-LSD samples in pH 2 solution.

SampleZOFOHGHCKP
kR2kR2kR2kR2knR2

D-LSD1Fast stage2.10−50.9856–0.09780.94830.00010.9942–8.10−60.98560.41180.34470.9868
Slow stage3.10−70.9286–0.00080.93013.10−60.8963–1.10−70.92860.01620.88550.8635

D-LSD2Fast stage5.10−50.9868–0.13340.93690.00020.9902–2.10−50.98680.56500.23840.9859
Slow stage1.10−60.9905–0.00180.98991.10−50.9970–4.10−70.99050.03590.81730.9967

D-LSD3Fast stage6.10−50.9986–0.13130.96990.00030.9759–2.10−50.99860.54520.20180.9799
Slow stage2.10−60.9506–0.00190.95242.10−50.9270–6.10−70.95060.03740.76190.9018

ID-LSD1Fast stage0.00010.9445–0.11410.89090.00050.9816–4.10−50.94450.47160.12010.9775
Slow stage2.10−60.9830–0.00120.78702.10−50.9794–6.10−70.98300.08440.27250.9253

ID-LSD2Fast stage0.00010.8626–0.17020.95710.00060.9365–5.10−50.86260.64890.12130.9828
Slow stage6.10−70.7560–0.00300.81335.10−60.7999–2.10−70.75600.12050.42220.9422

ID-LSD3Fast stage5.10−50.9579–0.16980.91810.00020.9892–2.10−50.95790.55840.35040.9979
Slow stage2.10−60.81890.00630.71401.10−50.8602–5.10−70.81890.09770.87860.8041

ID-LSD4Fast stage0.00020.9881–0.11910.95660.00070.9816–5.10−50.98810.46190.06160.9897
Slow stage9.10−60.8987–0.00260.72167.10−50.9291–3.10−60.89870.04260.16440.7707

ZO : zero-order kinetics; FO : first-order kinetics; HG : Higuchi model; HC : Hixson–Croswell model; KP : Korsmeyer–Peppas model.