| GC | Gas chromatography |
| HPLC-MS | High-performance liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry |
| DAD | Diode array detector |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| Asp | l-aspartic acid |
| Ala | l-alanine |
| Ser | l-serine |
| Pro | l-proline |
| Val | l-valine |
| Thr | l-threonine |
| Cys | l-cysteine |
| Glu | l-glutamic acid |
| Ile/Leu/OH-Pro | l-isoleucine/l-leucine/l-hydroxyproline |
| Met | l-methionine |
| Gly | Glycine |
| Homo-Cys | l-homocysteine |
| Lys/Gln | l-lysine/ l-glutamine |
| Asn | l-asparagine |
| His | l-histidine |
| Phe | l-phenylalanine |
| Arg | l-arginine |
| Tyr | l-tyrosine |
| Trp | l-tryptophan |
| GSH | l-glutathione |
| GSSG | l-glutathione oxidised form |
| NAD | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide oxidised form |
| NADH | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide reduced form |
| NADP | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidised form |
| NADPH | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate reduced form |
| Hypoxan | Hypoxanthine |
| CMP | Cytidine monophosphate |
| AMP | Adenosine monophosphate |
| GMP | Guanosine monophosphate |
| UDP | Uridine diphosphate |
| GDP | Guanosine diphosphate |
| CTP | Cytidine triphosphate |
| ATP | Adenosine triphosphate |
| ITP | Inosine triphosphate |