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Chemical and Medical Abbreviations
Most of the miscellaneous abbreviations relate to chemistry, medicines, and dosages, but there are
some other abbreviations used in a similar table in Duke et al. (2002a).
ADD = Attention deficit disorder
AHPA = American Herbal Products Association
ALA = Alpha-linolenic acid
APA = American Pharmaceutical Association
BO = Body odor
BPC = British Pharmacopoeia
BPH = Benign prostatic hypertrophy
CDC = Centers for Disease Control
cf. = Compare with
CNS = Central nervous system
COPD = Chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder
COX = Cyclooxygenase
COX-I = Cyclooxygenase-inhibitor (sometimes, more specifically COX-1 or COX-2-inhibitor)
cv = Cultivar
CVI = Chronic venous insufficiency
ED = Erectile dysfunction
ED50 = Effective dose at which 50% of subjects are “cured,” “effected,” “affected,” or
“altered”
e.g. = For example
EO = Essential oil
ERT = Estrogen replacement therapy
etc. = Et cetera
f = Folklore, not yet substantiated (following parentheses in “Activities” and
“Indications” sections)
g = Gram
GI = Gastrointestinal
GLA = Gamma-linolenic acid
GMO = Genetically modified organism
GRAS = Generally recognized as safe
h (as an abandoned score for an activity or indication) = Homeopathic
H2O2 = Hydrogen peroxide
HCN = Hydrocyanic acid
hmn = Human
HPS = Hepatopulmonary syndrome
IBD = Inflammatory bowel disease
IBS = Irritable bowel syndrome
IC = Inhibitory concentration
IKKbeta = IkappaB-kinase-beta
iNOS = Inducible nitric oxide synthase
ipr = Intraperitoneal
ivn = Intravenous
l = Liter