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Thermosensitive Chitosan Hydrogels Containing Polymeric Microspheres for Vaginal Drug Delivery

Table 3

Kinetic models used for analysis of TFV release rate from MS F, TFV-CTS-SA-GP, and MS F-CTS-SA-GP and their corresponding values.

FormulationsModel nameModel equation
pH 4.5pH 7.4

MS FZero-order0.64550.6392
First-order0.81040.7558
Higuchi0.84770.9489
Ritger-peppas0.93010.8934
Weibull0.9771 ()0.9905 ()

TFV-CTS-SA-GPZero-order0.75220.5288
First-order0.92890.7009
Higuchi0.92180.7467
Ritger-peppas0.86980.8382
Weibull0.9961 ()0.903 ()

MS F-CTS-SA-GPZero-order0.65560.6392
First-order0.92890.7558
Higuchi0.84870.9489
Ritger-peppas0.86980.8934
Weibull0.9644 ()0.9905 ()

is the constant of Weibull models.