| AM1 | Austin model 1 |
| BPs | Biophenols |
| BPsecos | Biophenols and secoiridoids |
| CAD | Collision activated dissociations |
| FAB | Fast atom bombardment |
| HF | Hartree-fock |
| HOMO | Highest occupied molecular orbital |
| HPLC-ESI-MS | High performance liquid chromatography electron spray ionization mass spectrometry |
| IRESMO | Istituto di ricerche europee in scienze molecolari |
| H2SO4 | Sulphuric acid |
| LUMO | Lowest unoccupied molecular orbital |
| MS | Mass spectrometry |
| MEMEGNMR | Molecular ecology, microbial ecology and evolutionary geneticsNuclear magnetic resonance |
| OGlu | Glucose |
| PPO | Polyphenol oxidase |
| SCF | Semi-empirical self-consistent-field |