AFM	Atomic Force Microscopy
ASE	Accelerated Solvent Extraction
AID	Autoclave Induced Digestion
BEC	Background Equivalent Concentration
DART	Direct Analysis in Real-Time
ETV	Electrothermal Vaporization
FTIR	Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
GAE	Gallic Acid Equivalents
HPTLC	High-Performance Thin-Layer Chromatography
HRE	Heat Reflux Extraction
HSAB	Hard and Soft Acids and Base Theory
ICP	Inductively Coupled Plasma
IC50	half maximal inhibitory concentration
LA	Laser Ablation
LIBS	Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectrometry
MIC	Minimum Inhibitory Concentration
MALDI MS	Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry
MBC	Molybdenum Blue Colorimetry
MAE	Microwave Assisted Extraction
NMR	Nuclear magnetic resonance
NIRS	Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy
OPLC	Overpressure-Layer Chromatography
OES	Optical Emission Spectrometry
OID	Oven Induced Digestion
PEC	Planar Electro-Chromatography
RF	Radio Frequency
SFE	Supercritical Fluid Extraction
SEM-EDX	Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy Dispersive X-ray Detector
SEC	Size Exclusion Chromatography
TLC-DB	Thin-Layer Chromatography-Direct Bioautography
TEM	Transmission Electron Microscopy
UAE	Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction
XRF	X-ray Fluorescence