| BC | Breast cancer |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| ECM | Extracellular matrix |
| EMT | Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition |
| EO | Essential oil |
| EOs | Essential oils |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| MD | Molecular docking |
| MDS | Molecular dynamics simulations |
| MMPs | Matrix metalloproteinases |
| Rg | Radius of gyration |
| RMSD | Root mean square deviation |
| RMSF | Root mean square fluctuation |
| SI | Selectivity index |
| SEM | Standard error of mean |