| A - Angstrom | |
| ACN - Acetonitrile | |
| Aq.sol. - Aqueous solution | |
| C18 - Octadecyl silane | |
| C8 - Octyl silane | |
| CC - Chiral chromatography | |
| CN - Cyno | |
| DCM - Dichloromethane | |
| DMSO - Dimethylsulfoxide | |
| ELSD - evaporative light scattering detector | |
| EtOH - Ethanol | |
| FLR - Fluorescence | |
| FTIR - Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy | |
| GPC - gel permeation chromatography | |
| GC - Gas chromatography | |
| GLP - Good laboratory practice | |
| GMP - Good manufacturing practice | |
| FIA - flow injection analysis | |
| H - Height | |
| HETP - Height equivalent to theoretical plate | |
| HPLC - High performance liquid chromatography | |
| HPTLC - High performance thin layer chromatography | |
| IC - Ion chromatography | |
| ID - Internal diameter | |
| IPA - Isopropanol | |
| IPC - Ion pair chromatography | |
| IR - Infrared spectroscopy | |
| L - Length | |
| Ibs - Pounds | |
| K - Capacity factor | |
| KH2PO4 - Potassium dihydrogen phosphate | |
| LC - Liquid chromatography | |
| LC/MS - Liquid chromatography/mass spectroscopy | |
| μm - Micrometer | |
| μg - Microgram | |
| μl - Microlitre | |
| MeOH - Methanol | |
| Mg/ml - Milligram/milliliter | |
| Min - Minutes | |
| mL/g - Milliliter per gram | |
| mL/min - Milliliter per min | |
| mm - Millimeter | |
| mM - Millimole | |
| MS - MassSpectroscopy | |
| mS - millisiemens | |
| msec - Milliseconds | |
| mV - Millivolt | |
| MW - Molecular weight | |
| N - Efficiencyng Nanogram | |
| NMR - nuclear magnetic resonance | |
| NP - Normal phase | |
| OD - Outer diameter | |
| ODS - Octadecyl silane | |
| PDA - Diode array detector | |
| PEG - polyethylene glycol | |
| PLE - pressurized liquid extraction | |
| pg - Picogram | |
| pH - Potential of hydrogen | |
| pKa - Acid dissociation constant | |
| PPM - Parts per million | |
| PSI - Pound per square inch | |
| QC - quality control | |
| RI - Refractive index | |
| RP - Reverse phase | |
| Rs - Resolution | |
| RSD - Relative standard deviation | |
| Si - Silica | |
| SEC - size exclusion chromatography | |
| S/N - signal-to-noise ratio | |
| SPE - solid phase extraction | |
| TEA - Triethylamine | |
| Temp - Temperature | |
| TFA - Trifluoroacetic acid | |
| THF - Tetrahydrofurant | |
| R - Retention time | |
| µg - microgram | |
| µS - Microsiemens | |
| UPLC - Ultra performance liquid chromatography | |
| UHPLC - Ultra high performance liquid chrom. | |
| UV - Ultraviolet | |
| V - Volte | |
| v/v - Volume per volume | |
| Vo - Dead volume | |
| W - Width | |
| w/v - Weight per volume | |
