| ASF | Asialofetuin |
| BSA | Bovine serum albumin |
| CRD | Carbohydrate recognition domain |
| ELISA | Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| ESI-MS | Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry |
| Gal-3 | Galectin-3 |
| Gal-3-AVI | Galectin-3 containing AviTag peptide sequence |
| HPLC | High-performance liquid chromatography |
| IC50 | Half maximal inhibitory concentration |
| LacNAc | N-Acetyllactosamine (β-d-Gal-(1→4)-d-GlcNAc) |
| LacdiNAc | N,N′-Diacetyllactosamine (β-d-GalNAc-(1→4)-d-GlcNAc) |
| NMR | Nuclear magnetic resonance |
| SDS-PAGE | Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| SPR | Surface plasmon resonance |
| TMB | 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine |