Abbreviations
- PLE
Pressurized Liquid Extraction
- UPLC
Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography
- MS
Mass Spectrometry
- ESI-MS/MS
Electrospray Ionization - Tandem Mass Spectrometric Detection
- TTB
U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
- PPO
Polyphenol Oxidase
- LC-UV
Liquid Chromatography - Ultraviolet Detection
- LC-MS
Liquid Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry
- PTFE
Polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon)
- IS
Internal Standard
- MRM
Multiple Reaction Monitoring
- KV
Kilo Volt
- TIC
Total Ion Chromatograms
- CQA
Caffeoylquinic Acids
- WLS
Weighted Least Squares
- OLS
Ordinary Least Squares
- LOD
Limit of Detection
- LOQ
Limit of Quantitation
- ABC
American Blended Cigarette
- ME
Matrix Effects
- KRC
Kentucky Reference Cigarette
- RSD
Relative Standard Deviation