| API | active pharmaceutical ingredient |
| CD | cyclodextrin |
| αCD | alpha-cyclodextrin |
| βCD | beta-cyclodextrin |
| HPβCD | hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin |
| MβCD | methyl-beta-cyclodextrin |
| SBEβCD | sulfobutyl-ether-beta-cyclodextrin |
| γCD | gamma-cyclodextrin |
| IP | intra peritoneal |
| IV | intra venous |
| SC | subcutaneous |
| NPC | Niemann–Pick type C disease |
| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |