Research Article

Development and Evaluation of a Novel Polymer Drug Delivery System Using Cromolyn-Polyamides-Disulfide using Response Surface Design

Table 8

Comparative results between observed and predicted response values of variables of optimized formulation.

ConcentrationsExperimental responsePredicted valuesObserved valuesBias (%)

Drug (0.2 gm)LE (%)55.1%58.0%5.3%
FeCl3 (0.3 gm)
Polymer (0.05 gm)Zeta potential (mV)28.1 mV32.2 mV14.6%
pH = 2.2

Drug (0.121 gm)LE (%)23.2%22.0%−5.2%
FeCl3 (0.6926 gm)
Polymer (0.121 gm)Zeta potential (mV)15.3 mV13.3 mV−13.1%
pH = 3.1

Drug (0.2 gm)LE (%)39.3%37.7%−4.1%
FeCl3 (0.3 gm)
Polymer (0.2 gm)Zeta potential (mV)29.5 mV23.9 mV−19.0%
pH = 2.2

% bias was calculated as (observed value – predicted value/predicted value) ×100