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. 2025 Jul 16;14(14):2486. doi: 10.3390/foods14142486
TPC Total phenolic content
TFC Total flavonoid content
PAHs Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
GAE Gallic Acid Equivalent
LMW, MMW and HMW Low-, medium-, and high-molecular-weight
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
Nap Naphthalene
Acy Acenaphthylene
Ace Acenaphthene
Flr Fluorene
Phe Phenanthrene
Ant Antanthracene
Flt Fluoranthene
Pyr Pyrene
BaA Benzo[a]anthracene
CHR Chrysene
BbF Benzo[b]fluoranthene
BkF Benzo[k]fluoranthene
BaP Benzo[a]pyrene
DhA Dibenz[a,h]anthracene
BgP Benzo[g,h, i]perylene
IcP Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene
IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer
PAH4 Sum of four polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, named: benzo[a]anthracene, chrysene, benzo[b]fluoranthene, and benzo[a]pyrene)
MAQs Maximum Allowable Quantities
SIM Selected ion monitoring
DPPH 2,2-Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl
ABTS 2,2′-Azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid)
DMSO Dimethyl sulphoxide
RE Rutin equivalents
TE Trolox equivalents
CUPRAC Cupric reducing antioxidant capacity
FRAP Ferric-reducing antioxidant power
TPZT 2,4,6-tris(2-pyridyl)-s-triazine
TRP Total reducing power
AAE Ascorbic acid equivalents
QuEChERS Quick, Effective, Cheap, Easy, Rugged, Safe
GC–MS Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry
LOD Limit of detection
LOQ Limit of quantitation
HP-5MS 5% Phenyl Methyl Siloxane
RP-HPLC-ESI-TOF Chromatography-electrospray ionisation time-of-flight