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. 2026 Jun 4;27(11):5074. doi: 10.3390/ijms27115074
Å Ångström (10−10 m), unit of length
A, B Protein chain identifiers in PDB structures
ADT AutoDockTools
ALA Alanine
ARG Arginine
ASN Asparagine
ATCC American Type Culture Collection
AutoDock-Vina Molecular docking software
B3LYP Becke three-parameter Lee–Yang–Parr functional
CFU Colony Forming Unit
CLSI Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute
DFT Density Functional Theory
EMV Electron Multiplier Voltage (mode/setting)
GC-MS Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry
GLU Glutamic acid
GLY Glycine
H Hydrogen atom
HIS Histidine
ILE Isoleucine
LEU Leucine
LPS Lipopolysaccharide
LYP Lee-Yang-Parr
m/z mass-to-charge ratio
MBC Minimum Bactericidal Concentration
MD Molecular Dynamics
MDA Malondialdehyde
MET Methionine
MHB Mueller Hinton Broth
MIC Minimum Inhibitory Concentration
MICs Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations
NCTC National Collection of Type Cultures
ND2 Amide nitrogen atom in the side chain of Asparagine
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
O Oxygen atom
O1 Oxygen atom of Thymoquinone
OG1 Hydroxyl oxygen atom in the side chain of Threonine
PDB Protein Data Bank
PDB ID Protein Data Bank Identifier
PHE Phenylalanine
RMSD Root Mean Square Deviation
THR Threonine
TYR Tyrosine
ΔG Binding free energy