Release kinetics of nisin from biodegradable poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) films into water Original Research Article

The release kinetics of nisin from poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT) to distilled water was studied at of 5.6, 22 and 40 °C. The release kinetics of nisin from PBAT film was described using Fick’s second law of diffusion, partition coefficient, and Weibull model. The diffusion coefficients (D) determined were 0.93, 2.29, and 5.78 × 10−10 cm2/s at 5.6, 22, and 40 °C, respectively. The partition coefficients (K) calculated were 0.84, 3.89, and 5.2 × 103 at 5.6, 22, and 40 °C, respectively. The nisin release data at selected temperatures were fitted with the Weibull model (R2 > 0.97) with b and n values ranging from 0.02 to 0.98 and from 0.28 to 0.45, respectively. The temperature dependence of D, K, and Weibull model parameter b was modeled using the Arrhenius equation giving values of activation energy (Ea) of 38.3 kJ mol−1 (for D), 38.5 kJ mol−1 (for K), and 79.5 kJ mol−1 (for b).