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Table 3 Lycopene release and transport mechanism

From: Encapsulation of a free-solvent extract of lycopene in alginate-Ca(II) beads containing sugars and biopolymers

Beads

Points

k (sn)

n

Transport type

A

9

0.018 ± 0.004c

0.44 ± 0.03b

Fick’s diffusion

A-T

8

0.0008 ± 0.0006d

0.8 ± 0.1a

Anomalous

A-TCh

5

0.10 ± 0.05b

0.25 ± 0.07c

Fick’s diffusion*

AP-T

12

0.0011 ± 0.0005e

0.73 ± 0.05a

Anomalous

AAG-T

11

0.32 ± 0.01a

0.130 ± 0.005c

Fick’s diffusion*

  1. Parameters obtained by fitting the semi-empirical equation (Eq. 1), number of points employed (fractional release <0.6), and transport type
  2. Different letters in superscript on the columns indicate significant differences between values with p < 0.05
  3. * Corresponds to Fick’s diffusion as assigned by other authors