| API | Active pharmaceutical ingredient |
| AUC | Area under the concentration-time curve |
| BBB | Blood-brain barrier |
| BCS | Biopharmaceutics classification system |
| CM | Carrier-mediated |
| Cmax | Maximum concentration |
| F | Bioavailability |
| Fabs | Fraction absorbed |
| FDA | US Food and Drug Administration |
| GI | Gastrointestinal |
| HBD | Hydrogen bond donor |
| MR | Modified-release |
| OrBiTo | Innovative Tools for Oral Biopharmaceutics |
| Peff | Effective permeability |
| PBPK | Physiologically based pharmacokinetic |
| QSAR | Quantitative structure-activity relationship |
| SPIP | Single-pass intestinal perfusion |