| Acronym | Meaning |
| BSC | Bundle Sheath Cellpar |
| MTO | Muffin-tin Orbital |
| SMBG | Self-monitoring Blood Glucose |
| TRSERS | Time-resolved Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy |
| NEET | Nuclear Excitation In Electronic Transition |
| GM | Geometric Mean |
| APEO | Alkylphenol Ethoxylates |
| PVC | Polyvinyl Chloride |
| ATR-FTIR | Attenuated Total Reflection-Fourier-transform IR Spectroscopy |
| CSD | Crystal Size Distribution |