| AOAC | Association of Official Agricultural Chemists |
| BMI | body mass index |
| ESI | electrospray ionization |
| FDR | false discovery rate |
| FTMS | Fourier transform mass spectrometry |
| HPLC | high performance liquid chromatography |
| HRMS | high-resolution mass spectrometry |
| IQR | interquartile range |
| LOD | limit of detection |
| LOQ | limit of quantification |
| LTQ | linear ion trap quadrupole |
| MeOH | methanol |
| ME | matrix effect |
| MPM | microbial phenolic metabolites |
| MS/MS | two-stage mass analysis |
| MSn | multi-stage mass analysis |
| PCA | principal component analysis |
| R2 | coefficient of determination |
| RSD | relative standard deviation |
| SD | standard deviation |
| SEM | standard error of mean |
| S/N | signal-to-noise |
| SPE | solid-phase extraction |
| TPI | total (poly)phenol intake |
| UHPLC | ultra-high performance liquid chromatography |