| ABA | Abscisic Acid |
| AFADESI-MSI | Air-Flow-Assisted Desorption Electrospray Ionization–Mass Spectrometry |
| Ag | Silver |
| Al | Aluminum |
| AMT | Accurate Mass and Time |
| AP-MALDI | Atmospheric Pressure–Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization |
| APPI | Atmospheric Pressure Photoionization |
| AP-SMALDI-MSI | Atmospheric Pressure–Scanning Microprobe Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization–Mass Spectrometry Imaging |
| CEST | Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer |
| CHCA | Cyano-4-HydroxyCinnamic Acid |
| COSY | Homonclear COrrelation SpectroscopY |
| CSI | Chemical Shift Imaging |
| DAN | 1,5-DiAminoNaphthalene |
| DESI | Desorption Electrospray Ionization |
| DHB | 2,5-DihyHroxyBenzoic acid |
| DOSY | Diffusion-Ordered SpectroscopY |
| EMFAFTP | ElectroMagnetic-Field-Assisted Frozen Tissue Planarization |
| ESI | ElectroSpray Ionization |
| Fe3O4 | Iron Oxide |
| FTICR-IMS | Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance–Mass Spectrometry |
| GC | Gas Chromatography |
| HMBC | Heteronuclear Multiple Quantum Coherence |
| HRMS/MS | High-Resolution Tandem Mass Spectrometry |
| HSQC | Heteronuclear Single Quantum Coherence |
| HR-MAS | High-Resolution Magic Angle Spinning |
| IAA | Indole-3-Acetic Acid |
| IMS | Ion Mobility Spectrometry |
| LAAPPI | Laser Ablation Atmospheric Pressure Photoionization |
| LAESI | Laser Ablation Electrospray Ionization |
| LC-DAD | Liquid Chromatography–Diode Array Detection |
| JA | Jasmonic Acid |
| MALDI | Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization |
| MGs | Monoterpene Glucosides |
| MIAs | Monoterpenoid Indole Alkaloids |
| MMP | Multi-MSI Processer |
| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| MSI | Mass Spectral Imaging |
| NMR | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
| OA | Organic Acid |
| P | Phosphorus |
| PCA | Principal Component Analysis |
| PTFE | Porous PolyTetraFluoroEthylene |
| QtoF | Quadropole Time of Flight |
| ROI | Region of Interest |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| SA | Salicylic Acid |
| SIMS | Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry |
| SSC | Spatial Shrunken Centroids |
| THAP | 2,4,6-TriHydroxyAcetoPhenone |
| Tims-TOFMS | Trapped Ion Mobility Spectrometry–Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry |
| TOCSY | Total Correlation Spectroscopy |
| WO3 | Tungsten Oxide |
| 5GG | 1,2,3,4,6-penta-O-Galloyl-β-D-Glucopyranose |
| P-AA | 9-AminoAcidine |