Table 4: Drug release kinetics data of direct loaded and timolol loaded ethyl cellulose microparticles laden hydrogels.

Hydrogels Average drug Loading (µg) Release within
therapeutic level
(520 ng/hr), (Hours)
Diffusion coefficient
(D = 10-7 mm2/sec)
Regression
coefficient (R2)
Diffusional
exponent (n)
Intercept k
DL-50 50 14 2.36 0.93 0.212 1.67
DL-100 100 15 3.31 0.79 0.257 1.67
DL-150 150 22 3.44 0.77 0.263 1.67
EC-50% 50 20 2.68 0.97 0.468 1.46
EC-70% 50 30 1.89 0.99 0.468 1.17
EC-85% 50 48 1.57 0.99 0.651 0.76