| HCC | Hepatocellular carcinoma |
| FA | Folic acid |
| PLGA | Polylactic-co-glycolic acid |
| RP | Reversed-phase |
| EE | Entrapment efficiency |
| QPCF-NPs | Quercetin PLGA-coated folic acid nanoparticles |
| FTIR | Fourier-Transform infrared |
| SEM | Scanning electron microscopy |
| TEM | Transmission electron microscopy |
| XRD | X-ray diffraction |
| MDM2 | Mouse double minute-2 homolog |
| PARP | Poly (adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase |
| HIF-1α | Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha |
| ERK | Extracellular signal-regulated kinase |
| CDK-2 | Cyclin-dependent kinase 2 |
| PLK-1 | Polo-like kinase-1 |
| TCA | Trichloroacetic acid |
| DEN | Diethyl nitrosamine |
| AST | Aspartate Amino Transferase |
| ALT | Alanine Amino Transferase |
| GSH | Glutathione |
| MDA | Malondialdehyde |
| CAT | Catalase |
| SOD | Superoxide dismutase |
| PC | Protein carbonyl |