The following are some commonly used medical abbreviations in medical sciences.
Acetyl-CoA : Acetyl coenzyme-A
ACP-SH (also ACP) : Acyl carrying protein
ACTH : Adrenocorticotropic hormone
ADH : Antidiuretic hormone (Vasopressin)
ADP : Adenosine diphosphate
ALT : Alanine aminotransferase (same as G.P.T)
AMP : Adenosine monophosphate
Apo : Apolipoprotein
AST : Aspartate aminotransferase ( same as G.O.T)
ATP : Adenosine triphosphate
cal : Small calorie (sufficient to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree centigrade)
Cal : Large calorie (Kilocalorie or Kcal)
CDP : Cytidine diphosphate
CoA-SH (also CoA) : Coenzyme A
COMT : Catechol-O-methyl transferase
CTP : Cytidine triphosphate
DNA : Deoxyribonucleic acid
DOPA : Dihydroxyphenylalanine
FAD : Flavin adenine dinucleotide (oxidized form)
FADH2 : Flavin adenine dinucleotide (reduced form)
FMN : Flavin mononucleotide (oxidized form)
RANH2 : Flavin mononucleotide (reduced form)
FP : Flavoprotein (oxidized form)
FPH2 : Flavoprotein (reduced form)
GDP : Guanosine diphosphate
GOT : Glutamic oxaloacetic, transaminase (same ts AST)
GPT : Glutamic pyruvic transaminase ( same as ALT)
GTP : Guanosine triphosphate
Hb : Hemoglobin
HDL : High density lipoprotein
HMG–CoA : β-Hydroxy-β-methyl-glutaryl-CoA
IDL : Intermediate density lipoprotein
IDP : Inosine diphosphate
LDL : Low density lipoprotein
ln : Natural tog = 2.303 x log to the base 10
MAO : Monoamine oxidase
mRNA : Messenger ribonucleic acid
MSH : Melanocyte stimulating hormone
NAD+ : Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (oxidized)
NADH+H+ : (=NADH) Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (reduced)
NADP+ : Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (oxidized)
NADPH+H+ : (=NADPH) Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (reduced)
NO : Nitric oxide
PG : Prostaglandin
Pi : Inorganic Phosphate
PPi : Pyrophosphate
RNA : Ribonucleic acid
rRNA : Ribosomal RNA
S : Svedberg unit
RNA : soluble ribonucleic acid (also called as transfer ribonucleic acid)
tRNA : Transfer RNA (also called soluble RNA)
UDP : Uridine diphosphate
UTP : Uridine triphosphate
VLDL : Very low density lipoprotein
