| Chit | Chitosan |
| CLSM | confocal laser scanning microscopy |
| Dox | Doxorubicin |
| EDC | 1-Ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide |
| FTIR | Fourier transformed infrared |
| GSH | reduced glutathione |
| GSSG | oxidized glutathione |
| Hep | heparin |
| LA | lipoic acid |
| NHS | N-hydroxysuccinimide |
| OA | oleic acid |