ACN	acetonitrile
AFU	arbitrary fluorescence units
AMC	7-amino-4-methyl coumarin
AU	absorbance units
CMD	carboxymethyl dextran
DU2	PlmII-related peptide for immunoenzymatic assays
E. coli	Escherichia coli
EDC	1-Ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide
EI	enzyme-inhibitor complex
E-64	trans-epoxysuccinyl-L-leucylamido-(4-guanidino)butane
FP2	falcipain 2
IC50	half-maximal inhibitory concentration
IF	intensity fading
MALDI-TOF	matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight
MS	mass spectrometry
MW	molecular weight
NaAc	sodium acetate buffer
NHS	N-hydroxysuccinimide
OD	Optical density
O.N.	overnight
PhPI	Plexaura homomalla plasmepsin inhibitor
Plm II	plasmepsin II
RT	room temperature
SPR	surface plasmon resonance
TCA	trichloroacetic acid
TFA	trifluoracetic acid
Z-FR-AMC	benzyloxycarbonyl-Phenyl-Arginyl-7-amino-4-methyl coumarin