| 7-AAD | 7-amino-actinomycin D |
| ACN | Acetonitrile |
| ALK | Anaplastic lymphoma kinase |
| APC | Aloficocianina |
| BID | BH3 interacting-domain death agonist |
| Caspases | Cysteine aspartate-specific proteases |
| CML | Chronic myelogenous leukemia |
| DISC | Death inducing signaling complex |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| DR | Death receptor |
| EDTA | 2,2′,2″,2‴-(Ethane-1,2-diyldinitrilo) tetraacetic acid |
| EGFR | Epidermal growth factor receptor |
| FADD | Fas-associated death domain protein |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| FITC | Fluorescein |
| IC | Inhibitory concentration |
| K-Ras | Kirsten rat sarcoma virus |
| LGA | Lamarckian genetic algorithm |
| MAPK | Mitogen activated protein kinase |
| MEK | MARK/ERK kinase |
| MLKL | Mixed lineage kinase domain like protein |
| MTT | 3-(4,5-diMethyl-2-Thiazolyl)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-Tetrazolium bromide |
| NSCLC | Not-small cell lung cancer |
| OD | Optical density |
| ORAC | Oxygen radical absorbance capacity |
| PBS | Phosphate buffered saline |
| PM | Particulate matter |
| RIP | Receptor-interacting protein |
| RPM | Revolutions per minute |
| SCLC | Small cell lung cancer |
| SRB | Sulforhodamine B |
| tBID | Truncated BID |
| TGFβ receptor | Transforming growth factor beta receptor |
| TEAC | Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity |
| TCA | Trichloroacetic acid |
| TFA | Trifluoroacetic acid |
| TNF | Tumor necrosis factor |
| Tris | Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane |
| UNAM | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |