| AGC | Automatic gain control |
| ANOVA | Analysis of Variance |
| ANVISA | Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária |
| BBD | Box-Behnken Design |
| CBD | Cannabidiol |
| CBN | Cannabinol |
| CCD | Central Composite design |
| CHE | Cannabis herbal extracts |
| CID | Collision-induced dissociation |
| DoE | Design of Experiments |
| ES | External standard |
| ESI | Electrospray ionization |
| FFD | Full Factorial design |
| FWHM | Full width at half maximum |
| HCD | Higher-energy Collisional Dissociation |
| HPLC | High performance liquid chromatography |
| IT | Injection time |
| LC | Liquid chromatography |
| LOD | Limit of Detection |
| LOQ | Limit of Quantification |
| MM | Matrix Matching |
| (N)CE | Normalized collision energy |
| RSD | Relative standard deviation |
| SA | Standard addition |
| THC | Tetrahydrocannabinol |
| THC-COOH | Carboxy-tetrahydrocannabinol |
| UA-LLE | Ultrasound assisted liquid-liquid extraction |
| UHPLC-HRMS/MS | Ultra high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry |
| USP | United States Pharmacopeia |