| AChE | acetylcholinesterase |
| AD | applicability domain |
| Adjusted MSE | adjusted mean square errors |
| Adjusted MSECV | adjusted mean square errors of leave-ten-out cross-validation |
| Adjusted SS | adjusted sum of squares |
| AI–AVII | astragalosides I–VII |
| BBB | blood–brain barrier |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid barrier |
| Fb | fraction unbound in brain |
| Fu | fraction unbound in plasma |
| Kin | influx rate constant |
| HPLC | High performance liquid chromatography |
| LDA | linear discriminant analysis |
| LFER | Linear free energy relationships |
| log(PSFubrain) | brain/plasma equilibration rate |
| logBB | logarithm of the ratio between the brain and the blood concentration |
| logPow | logarithm of n-octanol/water partition coefficient |
| LTO | leave-ten-out cross-validation |
| MLR | multiple linear regression |
| MW | molecular weight |
| PAMPA | parallel artificial membrane permeability assay |
| PLS | partial least square |
| PS | permeability surface area product |
| PSA | polar surface area |
| RMSE | root-mean-square error of calibration |
| RMSECV | root-mean-square error of leave-ten-out cross-validation |
| PRESS | predicted residual sum of squares |
| QSAR | quantitative structure–activity relationships |
| SE coefficient | standard error |
| SS regression | regression sum of squares |
| SS total | total sum of squares |
| VIF | variance inflation factors |