| GDMM | glucose-defined minimal medium |
| Hb | haemoglobin |
| KPi | potassium phosphate buffer |
| Mb | myoglobin |
| Ngb | neuroglobin |
| CORM | carbon monoxide-releasing molecule |
| CORM-2 | tricarbonyldichlororuthenium(II) dimer, Ru2Cl4(CO)6 |
| CORM-3 | Ru(CO)3Cl(glycinate)] |
| iCORM | ‘inactive’ CORM |