| CHXB | β-ring hydroxylase |
| CHXE | α-ring hydroxylase |
| DO | Discovery Orange |
| DB | Durango Bee |
| DY | Durango Yellow |
| GABA | γ-Aminobutyric acid |
| GC-MS | Gas-chromatography-mass-spectrometry |
| GC-TOFMS | Gas-chromatography-time-of-flight-mass-spectrometry |
| GGPP | Geranylgeranyldiphosphate |
| HCA | Hierarchical clustering analysis |
| HPLC | High-performance liquid chromatography |
| IO | Inca Orange |
| IS | Internal standard |
| IY | Inca Yellow |
| LC-MS | Liquid-chromatography-mass-spectrometry |
| LCYB | Lycopene β-clcylase |
| LCYE | Lycopene ε-cyclase |
| MEP | Methylerythritol |
| MS | Mass spectrometry |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NMR | Nuclear magnetic resonance |
| OPLS-DA | Orthogonal projection to latent structure-discriminant analysis |
| PC1 | Principal component 1 |
| PC2 | Principal component 2 |
| PCA | Principal component analysis |
| PSY | Phytoene synthase |
| SR | Safari Red |
| VIP | Variable importance in the projection |
| ZEP | Zeaxanthin epoxidase |