| AMP | Adenosine 5′-monophosphate |
| cGMP-PKG | Cyclic guanosine monophosphate-protein kinase G |
| CE | Collision energy |
| D | Duck egg |
| DW | Duck albumen |
| DY | Duck egg yolk |
| DP | Declustering potential |
| FC | Fold change |
| H | Chicken egg |
| HMDB | Human Metabolome Database |
| HW | Chicken albumen |
| HY | Chicken egg yolk |
| IMP | Inosine-5′-monophosphate |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| LC-MS | Liquid chromatograph-mass spectrometer |
| LC-MS/MS | Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry |
| MRM | Multiple reaction monitoring |
| PCA | Principal component analysis |
| PLS-DA | Partial least-squares discriminant analysis |
| Q | Quail egg |
| QW | Quail albumen |
| QY | Quail egg yolk |
| RT | Retention time |
| VIP | Variable important in projection |