(Well-known abbreviations in general use are not included)
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ADI |
acceptable daily intake |
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ai |
active ingredient |
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ARfD |
acute reference dose |
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AUC |
area under the curve for concentration-time |
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bw |
body weight |
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CCFAC |
Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants |
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CCN |
Codex classification number (for compounds or commodities) |
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CCPR |
Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues |
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EC50 |
the concentration of agonist that elicits a response that is 50% of the possible maximum |
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ECD |
electron capture detection |
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DHEQ |
dihydroethoxyquin |
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DHMEQ |
dehydromethylethoxyquin |
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DMEQ |
demethylethoxyquin |
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F1 |
first filial generation |
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F2 |
second filial generation |
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FAO |
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations |
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GAP |
good agricultural practice |
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GC |
gas chromatography |
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GLC |
gas-liquid chromatography |
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GPC |
gel-permeation chromatography |
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GEMS/Food |
Global Environment Monitoring System-Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment Programme |
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HPLC |
high-performance liquid chromatography |
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HR |
highest residue in the edible portion of a commodity found in trials used to estimate a maximum residue level in the commodity |
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HR-P |
highest residue in a processed commodity calculated by multiplying the HR of the raw commodity by the corresponding processing factor |
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IC50 |
concentration required to inhibit activity by 50% |
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IEDI |
international estimated daily intake |
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IESTI |
international estimate of short-term dietary intake |
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ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
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IUPAC |
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry |
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JECFA |
Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives |
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JMPR |
Joint Meeting on Pesticide Residues |
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JMPS |
Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Specifications |
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LC |
liquid chromatography |
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LC50 |
median lethal concentration |
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LD50 |
median lethal dose |
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LOAEL |
lowest-observed-adverse-effect level |
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LOAEC |
lowest-observed-adverse-effect concentration |
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LOD |
limit of detection |
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LOQ |
limit of quantification |
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MEQ |
methylethoxyquin |
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MRL |
maximum residue level |
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MS |
mass spectrometry |
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MS/MS |
tandem mass spectrometry |
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NOAEL |
no-observed-adverse-effect level |
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OECD |
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development |
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PHI |
pre-harvest interval |
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Pow |
octanol-water partion coefficient |
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ppm |
parts per million |
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STMR |
supervised trials median residue |
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STMR-P |
supervised trials median residue in a processed commodity calculated by multiplying the STMR of the raw coomodity by the corresponding processing factor. |
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RAC |
raw agricultural commodity |
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TRR |
total radiolabelled residue |
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TMDI |
theoretical maximum daily intake |
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WHO |
World Health Organization |
