| ABH | (S)-amino-6-boronohexanoic acid |
| Ach | acétylcholine |
| BEC | S-(2-boronoethyl)-L-cysteine |
| COSY | correlated spectroscopy |
| DEPT | distortionless enhancement by polarization transfer |
| DMSO | dimethylsulfoxide |
| DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid |
| Ethanol | EtOH |
| HMBC | heteronuclear multiple bond correlations |
| (HR)ESIMS | (high resolution) electrospray ionization mass spectroscopy |
| HSQC | heteronuclear simple quantum correlation |
| J-modulated spin-echo | JMOD |
| MeCN | acetonitrile |
| MeOH | methanol |
| NMR | nuclear magnetic resonance |
| NO | Nitric oxide |
| NOESY | nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy |
| nor-NOHA | Nω-hydroxy-nor-L-arginine |
| OCH3 | methoxyl |
| PLC | preparative liquid chromatography |
| SEM | standard error of mean |
| SD | standard deviation |
| SPE | solid phase extraction |