Page 13 - controlled drug delievery
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1- Aqueous Solubility & Ionization
constant
Fick’s diffusion law (for membrane diffusion):
dm = DAK (Ci - C0)
dt h
dm/dt = drug diffusion rate
D: Diffusion coefficient (depends on the drug molecular size)
AN: oDyoseasg-eWfohrmitnsunrefayceeqarueadatc.io=nK:A(Cs-C)
K: Partition coefficient (medmt brane/release medium)
CTi:hderulgocwoencrelnimtraittioonf inside the system (mostly = Cs) in a SR/CR
drug solubility to be formulated
Cs0y: sdtreugmcohnacsenbteraetnionreopuotsridteedthteombeem0b.r1a-n1e.mg/ml