| Acronym | Meaning |
| BOC | Bond-order Conservation (model In Calcns. On Reactions) |
| VRIOSA | Vibrational/rotational Infinite-order Sudden Approximation |
| ESI | Electrospray Ionization |
| IGOR | Interactive Generation Of Organic Reactions |
| MTB | Mycobacterium Tuberculosis |
| CCAP | Crustacean Cardioactive Peptide |
| PAI-1 | Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1 |
| ACSV | Adsorptive Cathodic Stripping Voltammetry |
| ICPAES | Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry |
| IUBS | International Union Of Biological Sciences |