| aw | Water activity |
| OA | Oxalic acid |
| RSM | Response Surface Methodology |
| HPLC-FLD | High-performance liquid chromatography—fluorescence detector |
| OTA | Ochratoxin A |
| AFs | Aflatoxins |
| AFB1 | Aflatoxin B1 |
| AFB2 | Aflatoxin B2 |
| R2 | R-squared |
| TTD | Time to detection |
| OD | Optical density |
| µmax | Growth rate |
| BBD | Box–Behnken design |
| SSFB | Semi-solid fig-based |
| ANOVA | Analysis of variance |
| RSQM | Response Surface Quadratic Model |
| MAX | Maximise |
| MIN | Minimise |
| <LOD | Below of limit of detection |