| AT-III | Antithrombin-III |
| b-FP | Biotinylated fondaparinux |
| BSA | Bovine Serum Albumin |
| CDR | Complementarity-determining region |
| CFU | Colony-forming unit |
| CS | Chondroitin sulfate |
| D2O | Deuterium oxide |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DOAJ | Directory of open access journals |
| DS | Dermatan sulfate |
| EDTA | Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| ELISA | Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| FP | Fondaparinux |
| GAG | Glycosaminoglycans |
| GD2 | Tumor-associated ganglioside |
| H2O | Water |
| HP | Heparin |
| HPLC | High Performance Liquid Chromatography |
| HRP | Horseradish peroxidase |
| HS | Heparan Sulfate |
| HV | Hypervariable regions |
| IFT | Isothermal Fluorescence Titration |
| IgG | Immunglobulin G |
| IgNAR | Immunoglobulin new antigen receptor |
| Kd | Dissociation Constant |
| kDa | Kilodalton |
| LB medium | Luria Broth medium |
| LD | Linear dichroism |
| LMWH | Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin |
| M | Molar |
| m/z | Mass to Charge Ratio |
| MDPI | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
| MES | 2-(N-Morpholino)-ethansulfon-acid |
| min | Minutes |
| mM | Milimolar |
| MS | Mass Spectrometry |
| NaCl | Sodium chloride |
| NaOH | Sodium Hydroxide |
| NaPi | Sodium Phosphate |
| nM | Nanomolar |
| NMR | Nuclear magnetic resonance |
| OD600 | Optical Density at 600 nm |
| PAGE | Oligosaccharide-Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis |
| PBS | Phosphate-buffered saline |
| PEG | Polyethylenglycol |
| pH | Potential of hydrogen |
| rpm | Revolutions per minute |
| RT | Room temperature |
| sdAbs | Single-domain antibodies |
| SDS-PAGE | Sodium dodecyl-sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| SEC | Size Exclusion Chromatography |
| SN | Supernatant |
| SPR | Surface plasmon resonance |
| TLA | Three letter acronym |
| Tris-HCl | Trizma Hydrochlorid -hydrochlorid |
| Trp | Tryptophan |
| VHHs | Heavy-chain variable domains |
| VHs | Heavy chains |
| VNARs | Variable domain of new antigen receptor |
| µg/mL | Microgram per milliliter |