| CKI | Compound Kushen Injection |
| MDR | Multi-drug Resistance |
| ATB | Antitumor B |
| NPACT | Naturally Occurring Plant-based Anti-cancer Compound-Activity-Target Database |
| TCM | Traditional Chinese Medicine |
| QoL | Quality of Life |
| MT | Matrine |
| GO | Gene Ontology |
| IRO | Indirubin-3′-monoxime |
| CS-IVa-Be | Chikusetsusaponin IV a Butyl Ester |
| VEGF | Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor |
| Akt | Protein Kinase B |
| NF-κB | Nuclear Factor κ-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells |
| ER | Endoplasmic Reticulum |
| MAPK | Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase |