| 4a-HOPH3 | 4a-Hydroxypterin |
| 5-HI | 5-Hydroxyanthranilate |
| 5-HT | 5-Hydroxytryptamine, Serotonin |
| 5-HTP | L-5-Hydroxytryptophan |
| AADC | Aromatic Amino Acid Decarboxylase |
| BH3OH | Pterin-4α-carbinolamine |
| BH4 | Tetrahydrobiopterin |
| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| CE | Capillary Electrophoresis |
| CNS | Central Nervous System |
| COX-2 | Cyclo oxygenase-2 |
| CREB | cAMP Response Element-Binding Protein |
| CSF | Cerebrospinal Fluid |
| CviPAH | C. violaceum L-phenylalanine 4-hydroxylase |
| DAD | Diode Array Detector |
| DAT | Dementia of the Alzheimer’s type |
| DHMR | Dihydromonapterin Reductase |
| DHPR | Dihydropteridine Reductase |
| E4P | Erythrose-4-phosphate |
| EI | Electrospray Ionization |
| EMS | Eosinophilia–Myalgia Syndrome |
| FD | Fluorescence Detector |
| FM | Fibromyalgia |
| GI | Gastrointestinal |
| HPLC | High-Performance Liquid Chromatography |
| IL-6 | Interleukin-6 |
| LP-533401 | [(2S)-2-amino-3-(4-(2-amino-6-(2,2,2-trifluoro-1-(3′-fluorobiphenyl-4-yl)ethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)phenyl)propanoic acid] |
| LP-615819 | [(2S)-ethyl 2-amino-3-(4-(2-amino-6-(2,2,2-trifluoro-1-(3′-fluorobiphenyl-4-yl)ethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)phenyl)propanoic acid] |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| MAO | Monoamine oxidase |
| MH2 | Dihydromonapterin |
| MH4 | Tetrahydromonapterin |
| MS | Mass Spectrometry |
| PAH | L-Phenylalanine 4-hydroxylase |
| PCD | Pterin-4α-carbinolamine Dehydratase |
| PD | Parkinson’s Disease |
| Peak AAA1 | (S)-2-amino-3-(2((S,E)-7-methylnon-1-en-1-yl)-1H-indol-3-yl) propanoic acid |
| Peak AAA2 | (S)-2-amino-3-(2-((E)-dec-1-en-1-yl)-1H-indol-3-yl) propanoic acid |
| Peak E | [1,1′-Ethylidenebis(L-tryptophan)] |
| Peak X | 4,5-Tryptophan-dione |
| Peak-UV5 | 3-anilinoalanine |
| PEP | Phosphoenol Pyruvate |
| p-EPA | p-Ethynylphenylalanine |
| PKA | Protein Kinase A |
| PTPS | 6-Pyruvate-tetrahydropterin Synthase |
| REM | Rapid Eye Movement |
| RFLP | Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| SalABCD | Salicylate 5-hydroxylase |
| SCL-90 | 90-Item Symptoms Checklist |
| SIM | Selective Ion Monitoring |
| SNRI | Serotonin–Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor |
| SPR | Sepiapterin Reductase |
| SSRI | Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor |
| TCM | Traditional Chinese Medicine |
| TDO | Tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase |
| TPH | Tryptophan Hydroxylase |
| TrpEfbrG | Anthranilate Synthase |
| Trp-P-1 | 3-amino-1,4-dimethyl-5H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole |
| Trp-P-2 | 3-Amino-1-methyl-5H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole |