| ASW | Artificial seawater |
| BOD | Biological oxygen demand |
| CCIBt | Algae, Cyanobacteria, and Fungi Culture Collection of the Botany Institute |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| EC50/LC50 | Median effective/lethal concentration (50%) |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| F1–F6 | Fraction numbers (0–100% IPA gradient) |
| GNPS | Global Natural Products Social Molecular Networking |
| HR-QTOF-MS/MS | High-resolution quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry |
| IPA | Isopropyl alcohol |
| LC-MS/MS | Liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry |
| MeOH | Methanol |
| MCs | Microcystins |
| NMR | Nuclear magnetic resonance |
| RDA | Redundancy analysis |
| RT | Retention time |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| TDI | Tolerable daily intake |
| WHO | World Health Organization |