| Ca1 | catalytic calcium |
| Ca2 | structural calcium |
| DHC | dihydrocoumarin |
| HCTL | homocysteine thiolactone |
| HDLs | high-density lipoproteins |
| hPON1 | human PON1 |
| hPON2 | human PON2 |
| hPON3 | human PON3 |
| kDa | kilodaltons |
| kcat | turnover number |
| KM | Michaelis constant |
| kOH | second-order rate constant for the hydroxide ion reaction with carbonyl groups of various substrates |
| LDLs | low-density lipoproteins |
| OP | organophosphate |
| PA | phenyl acetate |
| PDB | protein database |
| PON1 | paraoxonase 1 |
| PON1 | paraoxonase 1 gene |
| PON2 | paraoxonase 2 |
| PON2 | paraoxonase 2 gene |
| PON3 | paraoxonase 3 |
| PON3 | paraoxonase 3 gene |
| rePON1 | recombinant PON1 |