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. 2024 Mar 6;22(3):126. doi: 10.3390/md22030126
Abbreviation Meaning Abbreviation Meaning
5-HT 5-hydroxytryptamine receptors HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
5-HT2A Hydroxytryptamine 2A HL-60 Promyelocytic leukemia cell line
5-HT2C 5-Hydroxytryptamine 2C HSV Herpes Simplex Virus
A/WSN/33
(H1N1)
Influenza A Virus Subtype H1N1 HT-29 Human colon cancer cell line
A549 Adenocarcinomic human alveolar basal epithelial
cell line
IC50 Half-Maximum Inhibitory Concentration
AChE Acetylcholinesterase K562 Human myelogenous leukemia cell line
B16-F10 Melanoma cell line KB Human epithelial carcinoma cell line
βC β-Carboline L1210 Mouse lymphocytic leukemia cell line
BCG Bacille Calmette-Guérin L5178Y Mouse lymphoma cell line
BChE Butyrylcholinesterase LMM3 Human Melanoma Cells
CK1δ Casein Kinase 1 Delta LoVo Human colorectal cancer cell lines
CLK1 CDC-like Kinase 1 MCF-7 Human breast cancer cell line
DCE 1,2-Dicloroetane MDA-MB-231 Human Metastatic Breast Carcinoma Cells
DCM Dichloromethane MDA-MB-435 Human Breast Carcinoma Cell line
DHβC Dihydro- β-Carboline MDCK Madin-Darby canine kidney
DKP Diketopiperazine MIC Minimum Inhibitory Concentration
DMA N,N-Dimethylacetamide MRC-9 Human lung cancer cell line
DMAPP Dimethylallyl pyrophosphate MRSA Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
DMF N,N-Dimethylformamide NCI-H460 Human non-small cell lung carcinoma cell line
DPPH 2,2-Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl NFκB Nuclear Factor κB
Dyrk1A Dual-Specificity Tyrosine-Phosphorylation
Regulated Kinase 1A
OVCAR-3 Human high-grade serous ovarian adenocarcinoma cell line
ED50 dose of a medication that produces the intended pharmacological effect in 50% of the patient population studied P388 Leukemia cell line
FDA Food and Drug Administration PC3 Human prostatic adenocarcinoma cell line
GSK-3β Glycogen Synthase Kinase
3 Beta
PD Parkinson’s Disease
H12999 Human non-small cell
lung carcinoma cell line
PIA Prenylated Indole Alkaloid
H37Rv Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain PPi Pyrophosphate
H522-T1 human non-small cell lung cancer cell line PTP Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase
HCT-116 Human colon cancer cell line RD Human Rhabdomyosarcoma Cells
HCT-8 human colon carcinoma
cell line
SIA Simple Indole Alkaloid
HEK293 Human Embryonic Kidney cell line THβC Tetrahydro-β-Carboline
HEK293 T9 Non-malignant human kidney cell line THF Tetrahydrofuran
HeLa Human Cervical Epidermoid Carcinoma Cells U937 Human histiocytic lymphoma cell line
Hep2 Human Epithelial Carcinoma Cells USF-HO25 University of South Florida-Human Osteosarcoma 25
Hep-G2 Human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line UV Ultraviolet