ADI |
- acceptable daily intake |
AUC |
- area under concentration-time curve |
Av. |
- average |
b.i.d. |
- twice a day |
BP |
- British Pharmacopoeia |
Bq |
- Becquerel (one disint/sec) |
BST |
- bovine somatotropin |
bw, BW |
- body weight |
°C |
- degrees Celcius |
14C |
- radioactive Carbon-14 |
Cmax |
- maximum concentration |
CAP |
- chloramphenicol |
m Ci |
- microcuries of radioactivity |
cm3 |
- cubic centimeter |
conc |
- concentration |
CTC |
- chlortetracycline |
CV |
- coefficient of variation |
d |
- day |
DPM, dpm |
- disintegration per minute |
ECD |
- electron capture detector |
e.g. |
- for example |
EP |
- European Pharmacopoeia |
eq or EQ |
- equivalents |
F |
- female |
FDA |
-Food and Drug Administration |
g |
- gram |
m g |
- microgram |
GC |
- gas chromatography |
GI |
- gastrointestinal |
GLC |
- gas-liquid chromatography |
GLP |
- Good Laboratory Practice |
GVP |
- Good Veterinary Practice |
h |
- hour |
3H |
- tritium |
HPLC |
- high performance liquid chromatography |
i.e. |
- that is |
i.m., IM |
- intra muscular |
i.m.i. |
- intra muscular injection |
i.p., IP |
- intra peritoneal |
i.v., IV |
- intra venous |
kel |
- rate constant |
kg |
- kilogram |
L or l |
- litre |
LC |
- liquid chromatography |
LOD |
- limit of detection |
LOQ |
- limit of quantitation |
LSC |
- liquid scintillation counting |
M |
- molar or mole |
M |
- male |
max |
- maximum |
m m |
- micrometer |
mg |
- milligram |
min |
- minute |
ml |
- millilitre |
MR |
- marker residue |
MRL |
- maximum residue limit |
MRT |
- mean residence time |
MS |
- mass spectrometry |
n or No |
- number |
na |
- not analyzed, assayed or available |
nd, ND |
- not detected |
NER |
- non extractable residues |
ng |
- nanogram |
nm, NM |
- not measured, if applicable |
nm |
- nanometer, if applicable |
NMR |
- nuclear magnetic resonance |
NOEL |
- no-observed-effect level |
OTC |
- oxytetracycline |
ppb |
- parts per billion |
ppm |
- parts per million |
r |
- regression coefficient |
RIA |
- radioimmunoassay |
RSD |
- relative standard deviation |
SA |
- Specific Activity |
s.c. |
- subcutaneous |
SD |
- standard deviation |
SEM |
- standard error of mean |
sic |
- correctly spelled |
s.i.d. |
- once a day |
t1/2 |
- half life |
tmax or Tmax |
- time for maximum |
TC |
- tetracycline |
TLC |
- thin layer chromatography |
TMS |
- trimethyl silyl |
TR |
- total residues |
TRA |
- total radioactivity |
TSD |
- termionic specific detection |
UD |
- unchanged drug |
USDA |
- US Department of Agriculture |
USP |
- United States Pharmacopeia |
UV |
- ultraviolet |
VD |
- volume of distribution |
v/v |
- volume/volume |
wt |
- weight |
w/v |
- weight/volume |
WT |
- withdrawal time |
% |
- per cent |
> |
- greater than |
< |
- less than |
£ |
- equal or less than |