| ACN | Acetonitrile |
| AGs | Aminoglycoside antibiotics |
| anti-TB drug | anti-Tuberculosis drug |
| APCI | Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization |
| CBA | Carboxylic Acid |
| CBX | Carboxypropyl |
| CCα | Decision Limit |
| CCβ | Detection Capability |
| CNBF | 4-chloro-3,5-dinitrobenzotrifluoride |
| DBSs | Dried Blood Spots |
| DLLME-SFO | Dispersive Liquid-Liquid Microextraction Based on Solidification of Floating Organic Droplet |
| DPX | Disposable (or Dispersive) Pipet Extraction |
| ELSD | Evaporative light scattering detection |
| ESI | Electrospray ionization |
| FA | Fomic acid |
| FL | Fluorescence |
| FOMC-Cl | 9-Fluorenylmethyl chloroformate |
| HCl | Hydrochloricacid |
| HFBA | Heptafluorobutyric acid |
| HILIC | Hydrophilic interaction chromatography |
| HLB | Hydrophilic-lipophilic balanced |
| HPLC | High Performance Liquid Chromatography |
| IPLC | Ion-pair liquid Chromatography |
| IPR | Ion-pairing agent |
| IS | Internal standard |
| KANA | Kanamycin |
| LC-MS | Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry methods |
| LLE | Liquid-liquid extraction |
| LOD | Limit of detection |
| LOQ | Limit of quantification |
| ME | Mercaptoethanol |
| MIPs | Molecularly imprinted polymers |
| MPA | Mobile phase A |
| MPB | Mobile phase B |
| MRLs | Maximum residue limits |
| MRM | Multiple reactions monitoring |
| MS | Mass Spectrometry |
| NITC | 1-Naphthyl isothiocyanate |
| NFPA | Nonafluoropentanoic acid |
| NPLC | Normal Phase liquid Chromatography |
| ODS | Octadecyl silane |
| OPA | O-phthaladehyde |
| PED | Pulsed Electrochemical Detection |
| PIC | Phenylisocyanate |
| Q1 | Precursor ion |
| Q3 | Product ion |
| RPLC | Reverse phase liquid chromatography |
| SPE | Solid-phase extraction |
| TCA | Trichloroacetic acid |
| TFA | Trifluoroacetic acid |
| UV | Ultraviolet |
| ZIC-HILIC | Zwitter ionic-hydrophilic interaction chromatography |