| Aβplaque | β-amyloid plaques or senile plaques |
| AβPP | Amyloid-β precursor protein |
| Ach | Acetylcholine |
| AChE | Acetylcholinesterase |
| AChEI | Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors |
| AD | Alzheimer’s Disease |
| ADAM10 | A disintegrin and metalloproteinase domain-containing protein 10 |
| ADAM17 | A disintegrin and metalloproteinasedomain-containing protein 17 |
| (ADME)T | Absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and toxicity prediction |
| AKT | Protein kinase B (PKB) |
| ApoE | Apolipoprotein E |
| APP IREs | APP internal ribosome entry site |
| ATF6 | Activating transcription factor 6 |
| ATP | Adenosine triphosphate |
| ATP5A | Allosteric α subunit of mATP synthase |
| BACE-1 | β-secretase or beta-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme 1 |
| Bax | Bcl-2-like protein 4 |
| BBB | Blood–brainbarrier |
| BchE | Butrylcholinesterase |
| BcL-XL | B-cell lymphoma-extra large |
| Bcl-2 | B-cell lymphoma 2 |
| BDE | O-H proton dissociation enthalpy |
| BMAC | Boronatedmonocarbonyl analogues of curcumin |
| BNCT | Boron neutron capture therapy |
| Brain P53 | Tumor proteinp53 |
| CAAs | Cerebral amyloid angiopathies |
| Caspases | Cysteine-aspartic proteases |
| CAT | Catalase |
| CCCCV | Test set using LOO cross validation |
| CCCtr | The concordance correlationcoefficient of the training set |
| CHOP | C/EBP homologous protein |
| CNS | Central nervous system |
| CoMFA | Comparative molecular field analysis |
| CoMSIA | Comparative molecular similarity indices analysis |
| Cyt-c | Cytochrome complex |
| DART TOMFS | Direct analysis in real-time mass spectrometry |
| DAVID | Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integrated Discovery NIAID, NIH |
| DFT | Density functional theory |
| DIPEA | Diisopropylethylamine salt |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DPPH | 2,2-Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical scavenging |
| DTPA | Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid |
| EA | Calculated electronic affinity |
| elF2a | Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 alpha |
| ER | Endoplasmic reticulum |
| ERK1/2 | Extracellular signal-regulated kinase |
| [18F]FDG | Fluorodeoxyglucose(18F) |
| F | Fisher ratio |
| F01[C-N] | Frequency of C-N at topological distance of 01, a 2D frequency fingerprints descriptor |
| FRSA | Free radical scavenging activities |
| GA-MLR | Genetic algorithme multilinear regression |
| GFP | pCMV6-htau40-green fluorescent protein |
| GIAO | Gauge-Independent Atomic Orbital |
| Glu339 | Glutamate 339 |
| Gly230 | Glycine 230 |
| GRP78 | Glucose-regulated protein 78 |
| GSH | Glutathione |
| GSK3β | Glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta |
| HEWL | Hen egg-white lysozyme |
| HQSAR | Hologram quantitative structure–activity relationship |
| HO-1 | Heme oxygenase 1 |
| i.c.v. | Intracerebroventricular |
| IL-6 | Interleukin 6 |
| IL-1β | Interleukin 1β |
| iNOS | Inducible NO synthase |
| IP | Ionization potential |
| IRE1 | Inositol-requiring enzyme 1 |
| Keap1 | Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 |
| KLVFFA peptide | Aβ-binding motif |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| mATP synthase | Mitochondrial adenosine triphosphate synthase |
| MCI | Mild cognitive impairment |
| MD | Molecular dynamic |
| MDEC-44 | Molecular distance edge between all quaternary carbons |
| MMPs | Matrix metallopeptidases |
| MRI | Magnetic resonance imaging |
| mRNA | Messenger RNA |
| MTDLs | Multitarget-directed Ligand |
| mTOR | Mammalian target of rapamycin |
| NEP | Neprilysin |
| Nex and Ntr | The numbers of samples in the training set and external set |
| NFTs | Neurofibrillary tangles |
| NIR(F) | Near infrared imaging (fluorescent) |
| NLs | Nanoliposomes |
| NMR | Nuclear magnetic resonance |
| 2D NMR | Two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance |
| NO | Nitric oxide |
| Nrf2 | Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 |
| NQO1 | NAD(P)H:quinone acceptor oxidoreductase 1 |
| OGD/R | Oxygen–glucose deprivation and re-oxygenation |
| ORAC-FL | Oxygen radical absorbance capacity assay using fluorescein |
| PEG | Polyethylene glycol |
| PERK | Protein kinase RNA like endoplasmic reticulum kinase |
| PET | Positron emission tomography |
| PI3K | Phosphoinositide 3-kinase |
| PKC | Protein kinase C |
| Presenilin | γ-secretase |
| PSD95 | Postsynaptic density protein 95 |
| PS1 | Presenilin-1 |
| PS2 | Presenilin-2 |
| p38 MAPK | p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| QSAR | Quantitative structure–activity relationship |
| Q2 | Cross-validated R2 |
| Q2LOO | The square correlation coefficient for leave-one-out cross-validation |
| RDF090m | Radial distribution function 9.0/weighted by atomic masses, RDF descriptors |
| RNS | Reactive nitrogen species |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| R2 | The square of correlation coefficient |
| R2adj | The adjusted determination coefficient |
| R2ex | Coefficient of determination |
| R2ncv | Non cross-validated correlation coefficient |
| R2pred | Predictive correlation coefficient |
| SAMP8 | Senescence-accelerated mouse prone 8 |
| sAPPα | Soluble amyloid precursor protein α |
| SAR | Structure–activity relationship |
| SEE | Standard errors of estimate |
| Skn-1 | The nematode ortholog of Nrf2 |
| SMD | Steered molecular dynamics |
| SOD | Superoxide dismutase |
| SOM | Site of metabolism |
| TBI | Traumatic brain injury |
| TC | Tetracycline |
| TERT | Telomerase reverse transcriptase |
| ThT assay | Thioflavin T fluorescence assay |
| TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor –α |
| Trp63 | Tryptophan 63 |
| Tyr198 | Tyrosine 198 |
| WHIM | Weighted holistic invariant molecular |
| WK.eneg | Non-directional weighted holistic invariant molecular |
| XBP1 | X-box-binding protein-1 |
| 5-LOX | 5-lipoxygenase |
| 8-OHG | 8-hydroxyguanosine |