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. 2023 Mar 22;12(3):628. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics12030628
.OH Hydroxyl Radicals
1,3BPG 1,3 bisphosphoglycerate
Acetic acid AcOH
ADMET Absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, toxicity
Ag85 Antigen 85
AHLs N-acyl homoserine lactones
AIs Auto-inducers
ALFs Shrimp antilipopolysaccharide factors
Aluminium chloride AlCl
AmB Amphotericin B
AMP Antimicrobial peptides
AMR antimicrobial resistance
API Active pharmaceutical ingredient
ASPs Antimicrobial Stewardship Plans
ATP-ABC Adenosine triphosphate-Binding Cassette
AZT Zidovudine
BBr3 Boron tribromide
BGC Biosynthetic gene cluster
BioA 7,8- diaminopelargonic acid synthase
BnBr Benzyl bromide
C2H5I Ethyl iodide
C3Ds Cephalosporin-3′-diazeniumdiolates
C6H6 Benzene
CABP Community-acquired bacterial pneumonia
CBD Cannabidiol
CBG Cannabigerol
CDI Carbonyldiimidazole
CEO Cinnamon essential oil
CFDC Cefiderocol
CH2Cl2 Dichloromethane
CH3CN Acetonitrile
CoAF Cobalt nanoferrite
CPPs Cell-penetrating peptides
CPPs Critical process parameters
CQAs Critical quality attributes
CR Carbapenem resistant
CRAB Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
CRE Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales
Cu Copper
CuAF copper nanoferrite
CZA Contezolid acefosamil
CZD Contezolid
DABCO Triethylenediamine
DAR Darobactins
DBOs Diazabicyclooctanones
DBU 1,8-Diazabicyclo [5.4.0]undec-7-ene
DBU 1,8-Diazabicyclo(5.4.0)undec-7-ene
DCM Dichloromethane
Ddl D-alanyl-D-alanine synthetase
Ddl-B D-alanine-D-alanine ligase
Ddn Deazaflavin-dependent nitroreductase
DDQ 2,3-Dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-bezoquinone
DIPEA N,N-Diisopropylethylamine
DMAP 4-Dimethylaminopyridine
DMC Dimethyl carbonate
DMF Dimethylformamide
DMSO Dimethyl sulfoxide
DPD (S)-4,5-dihydroxypentane-2,3-dione
DprE1 Decaprenylphosphoryl-β-D-ribose 2′-epimerase
DS Design space
DSF Differential Scanning Fluorimetry
DSPG Di-stearoyl-phosphatidylglycerol
E4P D-erythrose-4-phosphate
E4PDH Erythrose-4-phosphate dehydrogenase
ECC Enterobacter cloacae complex
EOCM Essential oil from Centipeda minima
EOOG Egg oil-organogel
EOs Plant essential oils
ESKAPE Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter species pathogens
Et3N Triethylamine
EthR Transcriptional repressor
EtOH Ethanol
FBDD Fragment-based drug design
FECL2 Iron(II) chloride
FePPOPHydantoin Porphyrin iron-based porous organic polymer
Fts-Z Filamenting temperature-sensitive mutant Z
G3P Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate
GA Glycyrrhizin
GC-MS Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
GRA 18β-glycyrrhetinic acid
Gyr-B DNA gyrase B subunits
H2CBD 8,9-dihydrocannabidiol
HAM Hamamelitannin
HCl Hydrochloric acid
HGT Horizontal gene transfer
HTS High throughput screening
I2 Iodine
InhA 2-trans-enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase
i-Pr2Net N,N-Diisopropylethylamine
K2CO3 Potassium carbonate
KI Potassium iodide
KNCS Potassium thiocyanate
KOH Potassium hydroxide
Lf Lactoferrin
LiOH Lithium hydroxide
MATE Multidrug and Toxic Compound Extrusion
MBC Minimum bactericidal concentration
m-CPBA meta-Chloroperoxybenzoic acid
MD Molecular dynamics
MDR Multidrug resistance
MEI Iodomethane
MeOH, Methanol
MIC Minimum inhibitory concentration
MMC Mitomycin C
MRSA Methicillin-resistant S. aureus
Ms Saturation magnetization
MSSA Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus
mtk-QSBER multitasking model for quantitative-structure biological effect relationships
NaBH4 Sodium borohydride
NaBH4 Sodium borohydride
NaH Sodium hydride
NaHCO3 Sodium bicarbonate
NAOCH3 Sodium methoxide
NAOH Sodium hydroxide
NBS N-Bromosuccinimide
n-Bu3SnH. Tributyltin hydride
n-BuLi n-Butllithium
NCS N-Chlorosuccinimide
NIR Near-infrared
NMR Nuclear magnetic resonance
NO Nitric oxide
NPET Nascent peptide exit tunnel
NPs Nanoparticles
NRPSs non-ribosomal peptide synthetases
ODLs Odilorhabdins
PABA p-aminobenzoic acid
PACE Proteobacterial Antimicrobial Compound Efflux
PBPs Penicillin-binding proteins
PDA@FeS NPs ferrous sulfide-polydopamine nanoparticles
Pd-C Palladium on carbon
PE Phosphatidyl-ethanolamine
PEITC Phenethyl isothiocyanate
PGLEO Psidium guajava (guava) leaf essential oil
PIPD1 Piperidinol-containing molecule
PJI Prosthetic joint infection
PKSs Polyketide synthases
POCl3 Phosphoryl chloride
PPA Polyphosphoric acid
PTC Peptidyl transferase center
QbD Quality by design
QS Quorum Sensing
RA Risk Assessment
RIF-BSA-NPs Rifampicin-loaded bovine serum albumin nanoparticles
RNAP RNA polymerase
RND Resistance Nodulation Division
ROS Reactive oxygen species
ROS Reactive oxygen species ()
rt. Room temperature
SAM (RaS) Radical S-adenosylmethionine
SAR Structure-activity relationships
Silver oxide Ag2O
SMR Small Multidrug Resistance
SSD Silver Sulphadiazine
TB Tuberculosis
TBAB Tetra-n- butylammonium bromide
T-BUOH Tert-Butyl alcohol
T-BUOK Potassium tert-butoxide
TCA Tricarboxylic acid cycle
Tf Transferrin
THBTP Tetrahydro-1-benzothiophene
THC Trans-Δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol
THF Tetrahydrofuran
ThyX Thymidylate synthase
TLM Thiolactomycin
TPP Target product profile
TQ Thymoquinone
TriBE inhibitor Pyrimidoindole inhibitor
TRPPs Tetracycline ribosomal protection proteins
WHO World Health Organization
XDR extensively drug resistant
β-MGP β-D-galactopyranoside