| µM | Micro molar |
| AITC | Allyl isothiocyanate |
| AML | Acute myeloid leukemia |
| ANOVA | Analysis of variance |
| BITC | Benzyl isothiocyanate |
| Cl-PEITC | 2-(4-Chlorophenethyl) isothiocyanate |
| DCF | dichlorofluorescein |
| DCFH2 | 2′,7′-dichlorodihydrofluorescein |
| DCFH-DA | 2′,7′-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| FACS | Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| FDA | U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
| Fe2+ | Ferrous iron |
| GAPDH | Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| HMOX1 | Heme oxygenase 1 gene |
| HO-1 | Heme oxygenase 1 |
| HRP | horseradish peroxidase |
| IC50 | Half-maximal inhibitory concentration |
| IKK | IκB kinase complex |
| ITC | Isothiocyanate |
| KEAP1 | Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 |
| LC3 | Microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B-light chain 3 |
| MDR | Multidrug resistance |
| MDS | Myelodysplastic syndrome |
| MTS | 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-5-(3-carboxymethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium inner salt |
| MTT | 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide. |
| NAD(P)H | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate |
| NF-κB | Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells |
| NRF2 | Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 |
| PARP | Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase |
| PBS | Phosphate-buffered saline |
| PEITC | Phenethyl isothiocyanate |
| P-gp | P-glycoprotein |
| PI | Propidium iodide |
| qPCR | Quantitative polymerase chain reaction |
| RelA | NF-κB p65 |
| RI | Resistance index |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| RT | Reverse transcription |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| SFN | Sulforaphane |
| TBS | Tris-Buffered Saline |
| TTBS | Tris-Buffered Saline with Tween 20 |
| VCR | Vincristine |