| 2ME2 | 2-Methoxyestradiol |
| ANOVA | Analysis of variance |
| BCA | Bicinchoninic acid |
| Bcl-2 | B Cell lymphoma 2 |
| BSA | Bovine serum albumin |
| CA | Carbonic anhydrase |
| Cdc2 | Cell division cycle 2 |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| EDTA | Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| ESE-15-ol | 2-Ethyl-3-O-sulfamoyl-estra-1,3,5(10),15-tetraen-17-ol |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| FITC | Fluorescein isothiocyanate |
| GADD45 | Growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible 45 |
| GI50 | Half-maximal inhibitory growth concentrations |
| kg | Kilogram |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| mdm2 | Murine double minute 2 |
| MEK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase |
| mg | Milligram |
| min | Minute |
| MTT | 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide |
| PBS | Phosphate buffered saline |
| PgP | P-glycoprotein |
| PI | Propidium iodide |
| PlasDIC | Polarization-optical transmitted light differential interference contrast microscopy |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| RPMI | Roswell Park Memorial Institute medium |
| SAC | Spindle-assembly checkpoint |
| TC-A | Tetrocarcin A |
| TEM | Transmission electron microscopy |