| Number |
Nonstandard |
Standard |
Notice |
| 1 |
4
days |
4
d |
In
figures, tables and numerical narration |
| 2 |
4
days |
four
days |
In
text narration |
| 3 |
day |
d |
After
Arabic numerals |
| 4 |
Four
d |
Four
days |
At
the beginning of a sentence |
| 5 |
2
hours |
2
h |
After
Arabic numerals |
| 6 |
2
hs |
2
h |
After
Arabic numerals |
| 7 |
hr,
hrs, |
h |
After
Arabic numerals |
| 8 |
10
seconds |
10
s |
After
Arabic numerals |
| 9 |
10
year |
10
years |
In
text narration |
| 10 |
Ten
yr |
Ten
years |
At
the beginning of a sentence |
| 11 |
0,1,2
years |
0,1,2
yr |
In
figures and tables |
| 12 |
0,1,2
year |
0,1,2
yr |
In
figures and tables |
| 13 |
4
weeks |
4
wk |
|
| 14 |
Four
wk |
Four
weeks |
At
the beginning of a sentence |
| 15 |
2
months |
2
mo |
In
figures and tables |
| 16 |
Two
mo |
Two
months |
At
the beginning of a sentence |
| 17 |
10
minutes |
10
min |
|
| 18 |
Ten
min |
Ten
minutes |
At
the beginning of a sentence |
| 19 |
50%
(V/V) |
500
mL/L |
|
| 20 |
50%
(m/V) |
500
g/L |
|
| 21 |
1
M |
1
mol/L |
|
| 22 |
10
mM |
10
mmol/L |
|
| 23 |
1N
HCl |
1
mol/L HCl |
|
| 24 |
1N
H2SO4 |
0.5
mol/L H2SO4 |
|
| 25 |
4rd
edition |
4th
edition |
|
| 26 |
15
year experience |
15-
year experience |
|
| 27 |
18.5
kDa |
18.5
ku,18 500u or Mr18
500 |
|
| 28 |
25
g.kg-1/d-1 |
25
g/(kg·d) or 25 g/kg per day |
|
| 29 |
6900 |
6
900 |
|
| 30 |
1000
rpm |
1
000 r/min |
|
| 31 |
sec |
s |
After
Arabic numerals |
| 32 |
1
pg·L-1 |
1
pg/L |
|
| 33 |
10
kilograms |
10
kg |
|
| 34 |
13
000 rpm |
13
000 g |
High
speed; g should be in italic and suitable conversion. |
| 35 |
1000
g |
1
000 r/min |
Low
speed. g cannot be used. |
| 36 |
Gene
bank |
GenBank |
International
classified genetic materials collection bank |
| 37 |
Ten
L |
Ten
liters |
At
the beginning of a sentence |
| 38 |
Ten
mL |
Ten
milliliters |
At
the beginning of a sentence |
| 39 |
umol |
mmol |
|
| 40 |
30
sec |
30
s |
|
| 41 |
1
g/dl |
10
g/L |
10-fold
conversion |
| 42 |
OD260 |
A260 |
“OD”
has been abandoned. |
| 43 |
One
g/L |
One
microgram per liter |
At
the beginning of a sentence |
| 44 |
A260
nm |
A260
nm |
A
should be in italic. |
| |
bP<0.05 |
aP<0.05 |
In
Table, no note is needed if there is no significance in
statistics: aP<0.05,
bP<0.01 |
| |
|
|
(no note if P>0.05). If there is a second set of P
value in the same table, cP<0.05
and |
| |
|
|
dP<0.01
are used for a third set: eP<0.05,
fP<0.01. |
| 45 |
*F=9.87,
§F=25.9, |
1F=9.87,2F=25.9, |
Notices
in or under a table |
| |
#F=67.4 |
3F=67.4 |
|
| 46 |
KM |
km |
kilometer |
| 47 |
CM |
cm |
centimeter |
| 48 |
MM |
mm |
millimeter |
| 49 |
Kg,
KG |
kg |
kilogram |
| 50 |
Gm,
gr |
g |
gram |
| 51 |
nt |
N |
newton |
| 52 |
l |
L |
liter |
| 53 |
db |
dB |
decibel |
| 54 |
rpm |
r/min |
rotation
per minute |
| 55 |
bq |
Bq |
becquerel,
a unit symbol |
| 56 |
amp |
A |
ampere |
| 57 |
coul |
C |
coulomb |
| 58 |
HZ |
Hz |
|
| 59 |
w |
W |
watt |
| 60 |
KPa |
kPa |
kilo-pascal |
| 61 |
p |
Pa |
pascal |
| 62 |
ev |
EV |
volt
(electronic unit) |
| 63 |
Jonle |
J |
joule |
| 64 |
J/mmol |
kJ/mol |
kilojoule
per mole |
| 65 |
10×10×10cm3 |
10
cm×10 cm×10 cm |
|
| 66 |
N·km |
KN·m |
moment |
| 67 |
x±s |
mean±SD |
In
figures, tables or text narration |
| 68 |
Mean±SEM |
mean±SE |
In
figures, tables or text narration |
| 69 |
im |
im |
intramuscular
injection |
| 70 |
iv |
iv |
intravenous
injection |
| 71 |
Wang
et al |
Wang
et al. |
|
| 72 |
EcoRI |
EcoRI |
Eco
in italic and RI in positive. Restriction endonuclease has
its prescript form of writing. |
| 73 |
Ecoli |
E.coli |
Bacteria
and other biologic terms have their specific expression. |
| 74 |
Hp |
H
pylori |
|
| 75 |
Iga |
Iga |
writing
form of genes |
| 76 |
igA |
IgA |
writing
form of proteins |
| 77 |
-70
kDa |
~70
ku |
|