| AUC | Area under the curve |
| CE | Collision energy |
| CHF | Chronic heart failure |
| DS | Danshen |
| ECI | Effect–constituent index |
| EC50 | Median effective concentration |
| HSP | Heishunpian |
| IS | Internal standard |
| JYH | Jinyinhua |
| LOD | Limit of detection |
| MRT | Mean residence time |
| OGD/R | Oxygen glucose deprivation/re-oxygenation |
| QC | Quality control |
| QSG | Qishen granule |
| RSD | Relative standard deviation |
| S/N | Signal-to-noise ratio |
| TCMs | Traditional Chinese medicines |
| XS | Xuanshen |
| ZGC | Zhigancao |
| ZHQ | Zhihuangqi |