| ABS | acute blood stasis |
| BPC | base peak chromatogram |
| EIC | extracted ion chromatogram |
| FF | fragment filtering |
| GXSTC | Guan-Xin-Shu-Tong capsules |
| HL | hyperlipidemic |
| IDA | information-dependent acquisition |
| LC-Q-TOF/MS | liquid chromatography quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometry |
| m/z | mass-to-charge ratio |
| MDF | mass defect filtering |
| MS/MS | Tandem mass spectrometry |
| Q-TOF/MS | quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometry |
| QC | quality control |
| RSD | relative standard deviation |
| TCM | traditional Chinese medicine |