TABLE 1.

The batch numbers, correlation coefficients to the mean chromatogram of pieces of Astragali Radix, and mean content of quality marker (calycosin and astragaloside IV) for pieces (YP-1–YP-12), freeze-dried powders (DGF-1–DGF-12), and formula granules (PFKL-1–PFKL-6) of Astragali Radix in this study. The mean content was calculated with the weight of target compounds divided by the weight of the samples.

No.	Batch number	Correlation coefficient	Content of quality marker (%) (n = 3)
			Calycosin	RSD%	Astragaloside IV	RSD%
YP-1	AR-201504	0.980	0.007	3.85	0.06	0.93
YP-2	AR-201505	0.967	0.009	3.84	0.06	0.14
YP-3	AR-201506	0.989	0.015	2.83	0.06	0.71
YP-4	AR-201507	0.894	0.018	0.16	0.05	1.65
YP-5	AR-201508	0.906	0.023	0.24	0.05	0.72
YP-6	AR-201509	0.986	0.035	1.14	0.04	0.42
YP-7	AR-201510	0.969	0.016	0.99	0.05	1.27
YP-8	AR-201511	0.979	0.007	0.17	0.05	0.67
YP-9	AR-201512	0.976	0.007	4.26	0.05	1.92
YP-10	AR-201504	0.983	0.007	2.93	0.04	1.70
YP-11	AR-201505	0.943	0.005	0.00	0.06	1.65
YP-12	AR-201506	0.983	0.009	1.77	0.07	1.27
DGF-1	DG16009015	0.804	0.117	3.90	0.16	0.42
DGF-2	DG1609002	0.861	0.108	0.64	0.14	0.57
DGF-3	DG1609008	0.868	0.102	0.31	0.14	0.18
DGF-4	DG1611006	0.851	0.075	0.04	0.14	0.55
DGF-5	DG1609014	0.848	0.065	0.69	0.19	0.24
DGF-6	DG169011	0.786	0.066	0.27	0.14	0.34
DGF-7	DG1609007	0.768	0.096	1.34	0.12	0.69
DGF-8	DG1611003	0.807	0.065	2.21	0.13	0.34
DGF-9	DG1607007	0.867	0.078	0.95	0.13	0.29
DGF-10	DG1611007	0.795	0.072	3.08	0.15	0.63
DGF-11	DG1611002	0.794	0.174	0.08	0.12	1.36
DGF-12	DG1611001	0.795	0.058	2.21	0.10	2.74
PFKL-1	406209L	0.534	0.013	2.67	0.11	2.66
PFKL-2	1406002	0.591	0.030	1.51	0.13	0.96
PFKL-3	1506027	0.560	0.022	2.02	0.13	1.60
PFKL-4	1601057	0.584	0.028	0.93	0.13	1.68
PFKL-5	6101141	0.557	0.013	0.31	0.12	0.42
PFKL-6	5090891	0.544	0.016	0.71	0.12	2.98