Table 4.
List of abbreviations used within the article.
| Term | Abbreviation |
| drug delivery systems | DDS |
| dynamic light scattering | DLS |
| Dulbecco's Modified Eagle mMedium | DMEM |
| encapsulation efficiency | EE |
| electrophoretic light scattering | ELS |
| enhanced permeability and retention effect | EPR effect |
| fetal bovine serum | FBS |
| flow cytometry | FCM |
| Food and Drug Administration | FDA |
| half maximal growth inhibitory concentration | GI50 |
| half maximal survival inhibitory concentration | IC50 |
| loading capacity | LC |
| laser scanning confocal microscopy | LSCM |
| multidrug resistance | MDR |
| nanoparticles | NPs |
| phosphate buffered saline | PBS |
| polydispersity index | PDI |
| poly(glycolic acid) | PGA |
| propidium iodide | PI |
| poly(lactic acid) | PLA |
| poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) | PLGA |
| Roswell Park Memorial Institute medium | RPMI |
| sulforhodamine B | SRB |
| trichloroacetic acid | TCA |
| transmission electron microscopy | TEM |
| ultraviolet–visible radiation | UV–vis |
| vitamin D receptor | VDR |