| ATCC | American type culture collection. |
| B3LYP | Becke three-parameter, Lee-Yang-Parr |
| CC | Column chromatography |
| CFU | Colony forming units |
| CHelpG | CHarges from ELectrostatic Potentials using a Grid |
| CLSI | Clinical Laboratory Standards |
| DFT | Density functional theory |
| GC | growth control |
| HBA | Hydrogen bond acceptor |
| HBD | Hydrogen bond donor |
| IC | inhibition control |
| logPow | Octanol–water partition coefficient |
| MHB | Mueller-Hinton broth |
| MIA | Minimum inhibitory amount |
| MIC | Minimum inhibitory concentration |
| NMR | Nuclear magnetic resonance |
| OD | optical density |
| POPG | 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-[phospho-rac-(1-glycerol)] |
| SAR | Structure-activity relationships |
| SolC | Solvent control |
| SteC | Sterility control |
| TSA | Tryptic soy agar media |
| TSB | Tryptic soy broth media |