Table 2. The release kinetics parameters of quercetin for encapsulated quercetin with inulin (In-Q) and encapsulated quercetin with acetylated inulin (AcIn-Q)

Mathematical models Release rate constants
AcIn-Q In-Q
Zero-order R2 0.93 0.97
k0 0.18 0.12
First-order R2 0.94 0.95
k1 0.01 0.00
Higuchi R2 0.85 0.90
kh 3.66 2.60
Korsmeyer-Peppas R2 0.95 0.95
kp 0.70 5.07
n 0.77 0.38