Similarity Evaluation on the Compound TCM Formulation “Huoling Shengji Granule” and Its Placebo by Intelligent Sensory Evaluation Technologies and the Human Sensory Evaluation Method Based on Critical Quality Attributes

Table 8

Statistics on the similarity evaluation results of the HLG placebo.

Evaluation project	Index	Evaluation methods	Results/Similarity (cosine)
Formulation attributes	The median particle size	Laser particle size analyzer	0.9986
	Moisture	Rapid moisture analyzer	0.9952
	Dissolubility	Stir and dissolve	Basic dissolution
	Fluidity	Powder comprehensive characteristic tester	0.9991
	Clarity	Density, viscosity, dissolubility, and pH	0.9835
Visual feature attributes	Visual	Sensory evaluation	0.9947
		Color card	Color card number is similar
		RGB space (granule/solution)	1.000/0.9973
		HSV space (granule/solution)	0.9980/0.9916
		Gravy value (granule)	0.9999
		Clarity (sensory evaluation)	0.9997
Smell and taste attributes	Smell	Sensory evaluation	0.9993
	Taste	Sensory evaluation/electronic tongue	0.9999/0.8616