Abbreviation Definition A,C,G,Tadenine,cytidine,guanine,thymineAc,OAcacetyl,acetateACNacetonitrileADP,AMP,ATPadenosine5′-di-,-mono-,-triphosphate,etc.andsimilarnucleosidephosphatesARanalyticalgradebpbasepairStandard3-and1-lettercodesaminoacidsAUabsorbanceunitsBETBrunauer-Emmett-TellerCE,CECcapillaryelectrophoresis,capillaryelectrochromatographyd,m,p,r,tinnucleosides/deoxy,messenger,phosphate,recombinant/ribosomal,transfernucleotides/nucleicacidsDADdiode-arraydetectorDEAEdiethylaminoethylDNA,DNasedeoxyribonucleicacid,deoxyribonucleaseEDTAethylenediaminetetraaceticacidEIelectronimpact(ionization)ESIelectrosprayionizationFIDflameionizationdetectorFLDfluorescencedetectorFTFouriertransformGCgaschromatographyGCBgraphitizedcarbonblackHLBhydrophilic-lipophilicbalanceHP…h(huán)ighperformance…HRhighresolutionICionchromatographyi.d.internaldiameterIgGimmunoglobulinGIRinfraredISinternalstandardLCliquidchromatographyLODlimitofdetectionLOQlimitofquantificationMALDI-TOFmatrix-assistedlaserdesorptionionization-timeofflightMEmatrixeffectMeOHmethanolMrrelativemolecularmassMRMmultiplereactionmonitoringMS,MS/MSmassspectrometry,tandemmassspectrometryNAD,NADH(NADP,NADPH)nicotinamide-adeninedinucleotide(phosphate)NMRnuclearmagneticresonancePCRpolymerasechainreactionPDAphotodiodearrayPSAprimarysecondaryamineQuEChERSquick,easy,cheap,effective,ruggedandsafercorrelationcoefficientRNA,RNaseribonucleicacid,ribonucleaseRP…reversed-phase…RSDrelativestandarddeviation(preferredovercoefficientofvariation)SDstandarddeviationSEMscanningelectronmicroscopySIMselectedionmonitoringS/Nsignal/noiseSPE,SPMEsolidphaseextraction,solidphasemicroextractionSRMselectedreactionmonitoringTEMtransmissionelectronmicroscopyTICtotalion(current)chromatogramTLCthin-layerchromatographytRretentiontimeTristris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethaneUPLCultraperformanceliquidchromatographyUVultravioletVisvisible