Abbreviation Definition A,C,G,Tadenine,cytidine,guanine,thymineAc,OAcacetyl,acetateADP,AMP,ATPadenosine5'-di-,-mono-,-triphosphate,etc.andsimilarnucleosidephosphatesARanalyticalgradebpbasepairStandard3-and1-lettercodesaminoacidsAUabsorbanceunitsBETBrunauer-Emmett-TellerCE,CECcapillaryelectrophoresis,capillaryelectrochromatographyd,m,p,r,tinnucleosides/deoxy,messenger,phosphate,recombinant/riboso-mal,transfernucleotides/nucleicacidsDEAEdiethylaminoethylDNA,DNasedeoxyribonucleicacid,deoxyribonucleaseEDTAethylenediaminetetraaceticacidEIelectronimpact(ionization)ESIelectrosprayionizationFIDflameionizationdetectorFLDfluorescencedetectorFTFouriertransformGCgaschromatographyHP…h(huán)ighperformance…ICionchromatographyi.d.internaldiameterIgGimmunoglobulinGIRinfraredISinternalstandardLCliquidchromatographyLODlimitofdetectionLOQlimitofquantificationMALDI-TOFmatrix-assistedlaserdesorptionionization-timeofflightMrrelativemolecularmassMRMmultiplereactionmonitoringMS,MS/MSmassspectrometry,tandemmassspectrometryNAD,NADH(NADP,NADPH)nicotinamide-adeninedinucleotide(phosphate)NMRnuclearmagneticresonancePCRpolymerasechainreactionQuEChERSquick,easy,cheap,effective,ruggedandsafercorrelationcoefficientRNA,RNaseribonucleicacid,ribonucleaseRP…reversed-phase…RSDrelativestandarddeviation(preferredovercoefficientofvariation)SDstandarddeviationSIMselectedionmonitoringS/Nsignal/noiseSPE,SPMEsolidphaseextraction,solidphasemicroextractionSRMselectedreactionmonitoringTLCthin-layerchromatographyTristris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethaneUPLCultraperformanceliquidchromatographyUVultravioletVisvisible