| Abbreviation | Meaning |
| ALP | Alkaline phosphatase |
| ATP | Adenosine 5′-triphosphate |
| AUC | Area under the plasma concentration–time curve |
| BCS | Biopharmaceutics Classification System |
| BPHL | Biphenyl hydrolase-like protein (valacyclovir hydrolase) |
| BsGT110 | Glycosyltransferase 110 from Bacillus subtilis |
| CaLA | Candida antarctica lipase A |
| CaLB | Candida antarctica lipase B |
| CES1, CES2 | Human carboxylesterase 1 and 2 |
| CGTase | Cyclodextrin glucanotransferase |
| CHEM21 | Chemical Manufacturing Methods for the 21st Century Pharmaceutical Industries (solvent selection guide) |
| Cmax | Maximum plasma concentration |
| COSY | Correlation spectroscopy |
| DCC | N,N′-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide |
| DCS | Developability Classification System |
| DCU | N,N′-dicyclohexylurea |
| DEPT | Distortionless enhancement by polarization transfer |
| DMAP | 4-(dimethylamino)pyridine |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| EDC | 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide |
| E-factor | Environmental factor (mass of waste per mass of product) |
| F | Oral bioavailability |
| Fer-Ger | Geraniol ester of ferulic acid |
| GAA | Ganoderic acid A |
| GH70 | Glycoside hydrolase family 70 |
| GT | Glycosyltransferase |
| GTF-D | Glucosyltransferase-D (glucansucrase) from Streptococcus mutans |
| HMBC | Heteronuclear multiple-bond correlation |
| HMQC | Heteronuclear multiple-quantum correlation |
| HSQC | Heteronuclear single-quantum correlation |
| LCA | Life-cycle assessment |
| MsAcT | Mycobacterium smegmatis acyltransferase |
| NAC | Near-attack conformation |
| NMR | Nuclear magnetic resonance |
| PAT | Process analytical technology |
| PDB | Protein Data Bank |
| PEG | Poly(ethylene glycol) |
| PEPT1 | Intestinal peptide transporter 1 (gene SLC15A1) |
| PK | Pharmacokinetics |
| PMI | Process mass intensity |
| QbD | Quality by design |
| SARS-CoV-2 | Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 |
| SGLT2 | Sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 |
| SN38 | 7-ethyl-10-hydroxycamptothecin |
| Tmax | Time to maximum plasma concentration |
| UDP | Uridine 5′-diphosphate |
| aw | Water activity |