| 2APB | 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate |
| Aβ | Amyloid beta |
| AU | Arbitrary units |
| BDNF | Brain-derived neurotrophic factor |
| CHO | Chinese hamster ovary |
| COSY | Correlation spectroscopy |
| CE | Collision energy |
| DEPT | Distortionless enhancement by polarization transfer |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| DP | Declustering potential |
| DPPH | 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl |
| EDTA | Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| EGTA | Ethylene glycol-bis(β-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N′,N′-tetraacetic acid |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| HMBC | Heteronuclear multiple bond correlation |
| HPLC | High-performance liquid chromatography |
| HR-ESI-MS | High resolution mass spectrometry |
| GABA | γ-aminobutyric acid |
| 5-HT5A | 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) receptor 5A |
| CGS buffer | A sterilized solution optimized for platelet washing |
| LC-MS | Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry |
| MS/MS | Tandem mass spectrometry |
| MSn | Multistaged tandem mass spectrometry |
| MTT | 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide |
| NF-kB | Nuclear factor ‘kappa-light-chain-enhancer’ of activated B-cells |
| NMR | Nuclear magnetic resonance |
| PBS | Phosphate buffered saline |
| PDA | Photodiode array |
| PKC | Protein kinase C |
| PLC | Phospholipase C |
| PRP | Platelet-rich plasma |
| QqTOF-MS | Quadrupole-time of flight mass spectrometry |
| RP-HPLC-UV | Reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection |
| RP-UHPLC-HR-MS | Reversed-phase ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography—high resolution mass spectrometry |
| RT | Room temperature |
| SDS | Sodium dodecyl sulfate |
| SH-SY5Y | A cloned subline of a neuroblastoma cell line SK-N-SH from a metastatic bone tumor |
| TFA | Trifluoroacetic acid |
| TLC | Thin layer chromatography |
| TRPV1 channels | The transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1 (TRPV1) |
| Type A (GABAA) receptors | Gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptors |
| UV | Ultraviolet |
| WP | Washed platelets |