| Acronym | Meaning |
| MASE | Microwave-assisted Solvent Extraction |
| PWPP | Plane-wave Pseudopotential |
| EPTOX | Extraction Procedure Toxicity Test |
| DCCC | Droplet Counter Current Chromatography |
| CRAM | Caisse Regionale D'Assurance Maladie |
| PARC | Polycyclic Aromatic Ring Cleavage |
| AMS | Alpha Methyl Styrene |
| BLIS | BACT/LAER Information System |
| RDA | Representational Difference Analysis |
| SOF | Soluble Organic Fraction |