| YMA | Yeast malt agar |
| YMB | Yeast malt broth |
| WBB | White birch bark |
| HMG-CoA | 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA |
| HMGR | 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase |
| MVA | mevalonic acid |
| MVAP | MVA phosphate |
| MVAPP | MVA diphosphate |
| IPP | isopentenyl diphosphate |
| DMAPP | dimethylallyl diphosphate |
| GPP | geranyl diphosphate |
| FPP | farnesyl diphosphate |
| AACT | Acetoacetyl-CoA transferase |
| HMGS | HMG-CoA synthase |
| HMGR | HMG-CoA reductase |
| MVK | MVA kinase |
| PMK | phosphoMVA kinase |
| PMD | diphosphoMVA decarboxylase |
| IPI | IPP isomerase |
| FPS | FPP synthase |
| MUS | Muurolene synthase |
| PRS | Protoilludene synthase |
| SQS | Squalene synthase |
| SQE | Squalene epoxidase |
| AS | Amyrin synthase |
| AO | 11-oxo-β-amyrin 30-oxidase |
| LAS | Lanosterol synthase |
| LUS | Lupeol synthase |