Research Article

Influence of Hydrophilic Polymers on the Factor in Weibull Equation Applied to the Release Kinetics of a Biologically Active Complex of Aesculus hippocastanum

Table 3

The parameters determined in the course of release kinetics evaluation of gel formulations P1, P2, P3, and P4.

ParameterKinetics modelBF
Zero-order1st-order2nd-orderWeibull
%⋅min−1SD SD min−1⋅%−1SDβ
SD

Formulation type: P1 (MC formulation)
ConstantII
0.963800.012460.984900.007910.995000.002160.995840.00327

Formulation type: P2 (PA1 formulation)
ConstantII
0.957120.008020.974930.006570.987760.004640.998010.00063

Formulation type: P3 (PC-11 formulation)
ConstantII
0.952240.004640.969410.003560.982860.002560.996320.00129

Formulation type: P4 (PA2, reference formulation)
ConstantII
0.974790.001310.991550.001100.998400.000270.991340.00516

represents release rates for respective models: zero-order kinetics (), 1st-order kinetics (), and 2nd-order kinetics (); , a shape parameter in Weibull model; , correlation coefficient for the regression fit describing the course of the release as the first-order process; MC, methylcellulose; PA1, polyacrylic acid derivative Carbopol 980P NF; PC-11, modified polyacrylic acid; PA2, polyacrylic acid derivative Carbopol 5984.