| BPC | Base peak chromatogram |
| CID | Collision induced dissociation |
| DBS | Dynamic background subtraction |
| IDA | Information dependent acquisition |
| LC | Liquid chromatography |
| MDF | Mass defect filtering |
| MS | Mass spectrometry |
| PPD | Protopanaxadiol |
| PPT | Protopanaxatriol |
| QTOF | Quadrupole time-of-flight |
| TCC | Total compound chromatogram |
| TCM | Traditional Chinese Medicine |
| TIC | Total ion chromatogram |
| WZYD | Wu-Zhu-Yu decoction |
| XIC | Extracted ion chromatogram |