| BIAs | Benzylisoquinoline alkaloids |
| THIQs | Tetrahydroisoquinolines |
| 4-HPAA | 4-hydroxyphenylacethaldehyde |
| NCS | Norcoclaurine synthase |
| VIGS | Virus-induced gene silencing |
| CRISPR | Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats |
| OMT | O-Methyltransferase |
| CMNT | Coclurine-N-methyltransferase |
| TNMT | Tetrahydroprotoberberine-cis-N-methyltransferase |
| BBE | Berberine bridge enzyme |
| DODC | l-DOPA decarboxylase |
| MAO | Monoamine oxidase |
| LCAO | Lathyrus cicera amine oxidase |
| CYP | Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases |
| TAm | Transaminase |