| NPS | New psychoactive substance |
| EMCDDA | European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium |
| EDTA | Ethylenediaminetetracetic acid |
| PBS | Phosphate-buffer salt solution |
| NEAA | Non-essential aminoacid |
| MTT | 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazoliumbromide |
| NR | Neutral red |
| DMSO | Dimethylsulfoxide |
| TPA | 12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate |
| TMRE | Tetramethyl-rhodamine ethyl ester perchlorate |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| RNS | Reactive nitrogen species |
| DCFH-DA | Dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate |
| DCFH | Dichlorodihydrofluorescein |
| DCF | Dichlorofluorescein |
| TBHP | Tert-butylhydroperoxide |