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<strong>for</strong>mulations. In addition, <strong>the</strong> Discrimination Index (DI in %) w<strong>as</strong> determined <strong>for</strong> eachsolution.Fig. 7.3b: Normalised DI (%) <strong>of</strong> all drug/L100 <strong>for</strong>mulations in four different time scale.This indicator takes into account <strong>the</strong> average difference between <strong>the</strong> pairs to compareeach o<strong>the</strong>r <strong>as</strong> well <strong>as</strong> <strong>the</strong> discrimination index (DI) <strong>of</strong> each sample. The closer <strong>the</strong> DI valuesto 0%, <strong>the</strong> longer <strong>the</strong> distance between groups and <strong>the</strong> higher <strong>the</strong> discrimination (highm<strong>as</strong>king effects). The DI will help <strong>the</strong>n to <strong>as</strong>sess <strong>the</strong> significance <strong>of</strong> difference between <strong>the</strong>groups. The results are presented in <strong>the</strong> following sections <strong>for</strong> each drug in (Fig. 7.3b andFig. 7.3c).In Fig. 7.3b <strong>the</strong> bitter t<strong>as</strong>te suppression <strong>of</strong> DPD in <strong>the</strong> active <strong>for</strong>mulation with L100 isquite significant even after 30 min <strong>as</strong> <strong>the</strong> DI index (%) is only about 2% (very close to 0%-means no t<strong>as</strong>te). Similarly, PRP/L100 extruded <strong>for</strong>mulation did not show that much closert<strong>as</strong>te suppression compared to <strong>the</strong> L100 system but still about 60% DI h<strong>as</strong> been determinedby <strong>the</strong> BT0 sensor thus indicating t<strong>as</strong>te m<strong>as</strong>king.138 | P a g e

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