| FA | fatty acid |
| SFA | saturated fatty acid |
| MUFA | mono unsaturated fatty acid |
| DUFA | di-unsaturated fatty acid |
| PUFA | polyunsaturated fatty acid |
| TG | triglycerides |
| CHO | cholesterol |
| PC | phosphatidycholine |
| PE | phosphatidylethanolamine |
| EPA | eicosapentaenoic acid |
| DHA | docosahexaenoic acid |
| 1,2 DAG | 1,2 diacylglycerols |
| TMAO | trimethylamine-N-oxide |
| PCA | principal component analysis |
| OPLS-DA | orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis |