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Biochemical abbreviations

Also see: SI unit prefixes

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Units used in Biochemistry
UnitAbbreviation
ampereA
Ångstrom (0.1 nm)Å
base pairbp
becquerelaBq
caloriecal
colony-forming unitscfu
counts per minutecpm
cubic centimetercm3
curieCi
cycles per second (hertz)Hz
daltonDa
degree absolute (kelvin)K
degree centigrade or Celsius°C
disintegration per minutedpm
equivalenteq
gaussG
grambg
hourh
isoelectric pointpI
jouleJ
kilocaloriekcal
mass-to-charge ratiom/z
meterm
minutemin
molar (moles/liter)M
molemol
plaque-forming unitspfu
revolutions per minuterpm
seconds
square centimetercm2
Svedberg (10-13 s)S
voltV
volume per volumev/v
weight per volumew/v