| CID | collision-induced dissociation |
| EI | electronic impact |
| ESI | electrospray ionisation |
| GC-MS | gas chromatography-mass spectrometry |
| HS-SPME | head space solid-phase microextraction |
| LRI | linear retention indices |
| MS | mass spectrometry |
| SIM | selected ion monitoring |
| UHPLC-ESI-MSn | ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry |