| Acar | acylcarnitine |
| ACN | acetonitrile |
| BUME | butanol-methanol |
| BuOH | butanol |
| CE | cholesterol ester |
| Cer | ceramide |
| Cer_NS | ceramide containing nonhydroxy-fatty acid-sphingosine |
| DCM | dichloromethane |
| DG | diacylglyceride |
| EMR | Enhance Matrix Removal |
| EtherPC | ether phosphatidylcholine |
| EtherPE | etherphosphatidylethanoloamine |
| FA | fatty acid |
| HexCer_NS | hexosyl-ceramide |
| IPA | Isopropanol |
| LC | liquid chromatography |
| LC/TQ | liquid chromatography-Tandem Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry |
| LC-HRMS | liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry |
| LC-HRMS/MS | liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry |
| LC-MS | Generic liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry |
| LLE | liquid liquid extraction |
| LPC | lysophosphatidylcholine |
| LPE | lysophosphatidylethanolamine |
| LPI | lysophosphatidylinisitol |
| LPL | lysophospholipid |
| MeOH | Methanol |
| MG | monoglyceride |
| MPP | mass profiler professional |
| MTBE | tert-butyl methyl ether |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| OxPC | oxidized phosphatidylcholine |
| PA | phosphatidic acid |
| PC | phosphatidylcholine |
| PCDL | personal Compound Database Library |
| PE | phosphatidylethanolamne |
| PG | phosphatidylglycerol |
| PI | phosphatidylinositol |
| ppt | precipitate |
| PS | phosphatidylserine |
| QTOF | quadrupole time of flight |
| RT | retention time |
| SM | sphingomyelin |
| SPE | solid phase extraction |
| SRM | standard refernce material |
| TG | triglyceride |
| TIC | total ion chromatogram |