| AB | Acinetobacter baumannii |
| ACN | acetonitrile |
| ASVE | Aspergillus versicolor |
| AUME | Aureobasidium melanogenum |
| BIDI | Bisifusarium dimerum |
| BL | Klebsiella pneumoniae |
| CAPA | Candida parapsilosis sensu stricto |
| CMC | critical micelle concentration |
| EC | Escherichia coli |
| En | Vancomycin-resistant enterococci |
| ESBL | extended spectrum β-lactamase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae |
| EXDE | Exophiala dermatitidis |
| HPLC-MS | high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry |
| HRMS | high resolution mass spectrometry |
| MIC | minimum inhibitory concentration |
| MBC | minimum bactericidal concentration; |
| MRSA | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| MTT | 3-(4,5-dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide |
| NMR | nuclear magnetic resonance |
| PECH | Penicillium chrysogenum |
| QAS | quaternary ammonium salts |
| RHMU | Rhodotorula mucilaginosa |
| SA | Staphylococcus aureus |
| SEM | standard deviation |
| SE | Staphylococcus epidermis |
| SM | Stenotrophomonas maltophilia |
| VZV | Varicella zoster virus |
| YB | Yersinia bercovieri |