| 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 |