A Practical Handbook of Preparative HPLC

| APIs | active pharmaceutical ingredients | |
| cGMP | current good manufacturing practice | |
| DAC | dynamic axial compression | |
| DQ | design qualification | |
| de | diastereoisomeric excess | |
| ee | enantiomeric excess | |
| FATs | factory acceptance tests | |
| FDA | Federal Drug Agency | |
| FTEs | full-time equivalents | |
| HETP | height equivalent to a theoretical plate | |
| HPLC | high performance liquid chromatography | |
| IQ | installation qualification | |
| IUPAC | International Union for Pure and Applied Chemists | |
| MSDSs | material safety data sheets | |
| OQ | operational qualification | |
| PQ | performance qualification | |
| PIs | process instructions | |
| PRs | process records | |
| SATs | site acceptance tests | |
| SEM | scanning electron micrograph | |
| SMB | simulated moving bed | |
| SOPs | standard operating procedures | |
| URS | user requirement specification |