| AAC | Azide alkyne cycloaddition |
| Ach | Acetylcholine |
| ACS | Acetyl-coA enzyme synthase |
| ADH | Alcohol dehydrogenase |
| ADPRC | ADP-ribosyl cyclase |
| ALDH | Aldehyde dehydogenase |
| Aq | aqueous |
| ART | ADP-ribosyl transferase |
| ASST | Tiazofurin adenosine disulfide |
| BAD | Benzamide adenine dinucleotide |
| cADPR | Cyclic ADP-ribose |
| CDI | 1,1′-carbonyldiimidazole |
| CML | Chronic myleogenous leukemia |
| CRF | Chronic renal failure |
| CTA | Cholera toxin subunit A |
| CuAAC | Copper catalysed AAC |
| dpCoA | Dephospho coenzyme A |
| DHFR | dehydrofolate reductase |
| DIC | N,N-diidopropylcarbodiimide |
| DMF | Dimethylformamide |
| DMSO | Dimethylsulfoxide |
| DTA | di-5′-thioadenosine dinucleotide |
| FAD | Flavine adenine dinucleotide |
| FLIM-FRET | Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy–Förster resonance energy transfer |
| G6PDH | Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| GADPH | Glyceraldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase |
| GFP | Green fluorescent protein |
| IDH | Isocitrate dehydrogenase |
| IEDDA | Inverse electron demand Diels-Alder cycloaddition |
| IMP(DH) | Inosine-5′-monophosphate (dehydrogenase) |
| INH | Isoniazid |
| InhA | Enoyl-ACP reductase |
| IVT | in vitro transcription |
| LDH | Lactate dehydrogenase |
| MAD | Mycophenolic acid adenine dinucleotide |
| MART | MonoADP-ribosyl transferase |
| MeCN | Acetonitrile |
| MPA | Mycophenolic acid |
| Mtb | Mycobacterium |
| MTX | Methotrexate |
| NaAD | Nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide |
| NAD | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide |
| NADase | NAD glycohydrolase |
| NADK | NAD kinase |
| NAD(P)S | Thionicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (phosphate) |
| Nam | Nicotinamide |
| NaMN | Nicotinic acid mononucleotide |
| NaMNAT | NaMN adenylyl transferase |
| NCIN | Non-canonical initiating nucleotides |
| NCD | Nicotinamide cytidine dinucleotide |
| NdAD | Nicotinamide-2′-deoxy adenosine dinucleotide |
| NGD | Nicotinamide guanosine dinucleotide |
| NMN | Nicotinamide mononucleotide |
| NMNAT | NMN adenylyl transferase |
| NMO | 4-methylmorpholine N-oxide |
| NRK | Nicotinamide riboside kinase |
| NUD | Nicotinamide uridine dinucleotide |
| PAR | Poly(ADP-ribose) |
| PARG | Poly(ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase |
| PARP/ARTD | Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase |
| Pdh | Phosphite dehydrogenase |
| PPi | Pyrophosphate |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| Rt | Room temperature |
| SIRT | Sirtuin |
| SPAAC | Strain promoted AAC |
| TFA | Trifluoroacetic acid |
| TIPS-Cl | 2,4,6-triisopropylbenzenesulfonyl chloride |
| thA | Thieno[4,3-d]pyrimidine riboside |
| TMR | Tetramethylrhodamine |
| TN | Thionicotinamide |
| TPPTS | 3,3′,3″-Phosphanetriyltris(benzenesulfonic acid) trisodium salt |
| TSST | Ditiazofurin disulfide |
| TXPTS | Tris(2,4-dimethyl-5-sulfophenyl)phosphine trisodium salt |
| tzA | Isothiazolo[4,3-d]pyrimidine riboside |