BSP	bovine seminal plasma protein
Con A	Concanavalin A (Canavalia ensiformis)
CRD	carbohydrate recognition domain
CREDEX	Carbohydrate REcognition Domain EXcision
CV	coefficient of variation
DVS	divinylsulfone
ECA	Erythrina cristagalli agglutinin
Fuc	Fucose
Hex	Hexose
HPLC	high performance liquid chromatography
ITC	isothermal titration calorimetry
LTA	Lotus tetragonolobus agglutinin
MAA	Maackia amurensis agglutinin
MALDI-TOF	matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight
MS	mass spectrometry
PC	phosphatidylcholine
RU	resonance units
SDS-PAGE	sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
Sia	sialic acid (N-acetylneuraminic acid, Neu5Ac)??
SNA	Sambucus nigra agglutinin
SPR	surface plasmon resonance
UEA-I	Ulex europaeus agglutinin I