| Ac | Acetyle |
| Ala | Alanine |
| Alloc | Allyloxycarbonyl |
| Arg | Arginine |
| Asn | Asparagine |
| Asp | Aspartic acid |
| BET | Bacterial endotoxin test |
| BINAP | 2,2′-Bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1′-binaphthyl |
| Bn | Benzyl group |
| Boc | tert-Butyloxycarbonyl |
| Bu | Butyl |
| Cbz | Carboxybenzyl |
| CCK2 | Cholecystokinin B |
| CNS | Central Nervous System |
| Cy | Cyclohexyl |
| Cys | Cysteine |
| Cu(Phen)(PPh3)Br | Bromo-(1,10-phenanthroline-N,N′)(triphenylphosphine)cuprate |
| dba | Dibenzylideneacetone |
| DBU | 1,8-Diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene |
| DCB | 1,4-Dichlorobenzene |
| DDA | Diketene acetone adduct |
| DCM | Dichloromethane |
| DIEA | N,N-Diisopropylethylamine |
| DIPCDI | N,N-Diisopropylcarbodiimide |
| DMAE | Dimethylethanolamine |
| DMA | Dimethylacetamide |
| DMF | N,N-Dimethylformamide |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| Dppf | 1,1′-Bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene |
| dr | Diastereomeric ratio |
| ee | Enantiomeric excess |
| eq. | Equivalent |
| Et | Ethyl |
| Fmoc | Fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl |
| F-SPE | Fluorine solid phase extraction |
| EtOH | Ethanol |
| GII | Grubbs II catalyst |
| Gly | Glycine |
| HATU | 1-[Bis(dimethylamino)methylene]-1H-1,2,3-triazolo[4,5-b]pyridinium-3-oxid hexafluorophosphate |
| HBS | Hydrogen-bond surrogate |
| HBTU | 2-(1H-Benzotriazol-1-yl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyluronium hexafluorophosphate |
| HCT 116 | Human colon carcinoma cells |
| His | Histidine |
| HMBA | Hydroxymethylbenzoic acid |
| HGII | Hoveyda-Grubbs II catalyst |
| HOBt | Hydroxybenzotriazole |
| IC50 | Half maximal inhibitory concentration |
| IL | Ionic Liquid |
| KSAc | Potassium thioacetate |
| Lys | Lysine |
| MBHA | 4-Methylbenzhydryl amine |
| m-CPBA | meta-Chloroperoxybenzoic acid |
| MCR | Multi-component reaction |
| Me | Methyl |
| MeOH | Methanol |
| MIC | Minimum Inhibitory Concentration |
| Ms | Mesyl |
| mTOR | Mammalian Target of Rapamycin |
| min | Minute |
| MW | Microwave |
| NADH | Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Hydride |
| Nle | Norleucine |
| Pbf | 2,2,4,6,7-Pentamethyldihydrobenzofuran-5-sulfonyl |
| Pd/C | Palladium on carbon |
| PEG | Polyethylene glycol |
| Ph | Phenyl |
| Phe | Phenylalanine |
| PheD | D-Phenylalanine |
| PMB | p-Methoxybenzyl |
| PPE | Polyphosphoric ester |
| PPh3 | Triphenylphosphine |
| Pr | Propyl |
| PSSA | Polystyrene sulfonic acid |
| PTH1R | Parathyroid Hormone 1 Receptor |
| PyBOP | Benzotriazol-1-yl-oxytripyrrolidinophosphonium hexafluorophosphate |
| p-TsOH | para-Toluenesulfonic acid |
| RCM | Ring closure metathesis |
| r.t | Room temperature |
| Ser | Serine |
| SES | The 2-(trimethylsilyl)ethanesulfonyl group |
| SNAr | Nucleophilic aromatic substitution |
| SPPS | Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis |
| TBAB | Tetrabutylammonium bromide |
| TFA | Trifluoroacetic acid |
| Thr | Threonine |
| TIPS | Triisopropylsilyl |
| TMS | Trimethylsilyl |
| Trp | Tryptophan |
| Trt | Trityl (triphenylmethyl) |
| Ts | Tosyl |
| THF | Tetrahydrofuran |
| XO | Xanthine Oxidase |