1,N2-εdG	1,N2-etheno-2ʹ-deoxyguanosine
2’-dN	2′-deoxyribonucleoside
4-ABP	4-aminobiphenyl
8-OH-Gua	8-hydroxyguanine
8-oxo-Gua	7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine
AA-I	aristolochic acid-I
Ade	adenine
AFB1	aflatoxin B1
AGC	automatic gain control
B1p(POB)B2	nucleobase1-phosphate (pyridyloxobutyl)-nucleobase2
B[a]P	benzo[a]pyrene
B[a]PDE-p-dG	benzo[a]pyrene-7,8-dihydrodiol-9,10-epoxide-phosphate-2′-deoxyguanosine
CID	collision-induced dissociation
CNL	constant neutral loss
CT DNA	calf thymus DNA
dA-AL-I	7-(2ʹ-deoxyadenosin-N6-yl)aristolactam I
DDA	data-dependent acquisition
dG-C8-PhIP	N-(2ʹ-deoxyguanosin-8-yl)-PhIP
dG-C8-4-ABP	N-(2ʹ-deoxyguanosin-8-yl)-4-ABP
dG-N2-4-ABP	N-(2′-deoxyguanosin-N2-yl)-4-ABP
dG-N2-B[a]PDE	10-(2ʹ-deoxyguanosin-N2-yl)-7,8,9-trihydroxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[a]pyrene
DIA	data-independent acquisition
dR	2′-deoxyribose
ε-Ade	1,N6-etheno-adenine
εdA	1,N6-etheno-2ʹ-deoxyadenosine
εdC	3,N4-etheno-2ʹ-deoxycytidine
EIC	extracted ion current chromatogram
EPI	enhanced product ion scan
ESI	electrospray ionization
Fapy	formamidopyrimidine
Fapy-Gua	2,6-diamino-4-hydroxy-5-formamidopyrimidine
Gua	guanine
HAAs	heterocyclic aromatic amines
HCD	high-energy collision induced dissociation
HONH-AL-I	N-hydroxy-aristolactam-I
HNE	4-hydroxy-2-nonenal
HRAMS	high-resolution accurate mass spectrometry
IDA	information-dependent acquisition
IT	ion trap
LC	liquid chromatography
LIT	linear ion trap
M1G	pyrimidopurinone
MeIQx	2-amino-3,8-dimethylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoxaline
MGT	nanosized-magnetite
MMS	methyl methanesulfonate
MS	mass spectrometry
MSE	dynamic switching of collision energy between low-energy and high-energy status
NM	nitrogen mustard
NNK	4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone
nts	nucleotides
O6-Me-dG	O6-methyl-2ʹ-deoxyguanosine
O6-POB-dG	O6- pyridyloxobutyl-2ʹ-deoxyguanosine
PAHs	polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
PhIP	2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine
POB	pyridyloxobutyl
QIT	quadruple ion trap
QqQ	triple quadrupole
SIM	selected ion monitoring
SPE	solid-phase extraction
SRM	selected reaction monitoring
SWATH	sequential window acquisition of all theoretical fragment-ion spectra
TIC	total ion current chromatogram
TOF	time-of-flight
UPLC	ultra-performance liquid chromatography