AG	alginate
ALB	albumin
AngII	angiotensin II
bacc	biologically active copper complexes
BBB	blood brain barrier
bFGF	basic fibroblast growth factor
BPEI	branched polyethyleneimine
bpy	2,2′-bipyridine
BSA	bovine serum albumin
CD	Cyclodextrins
CHEMS	cholesteryl hemisuccinate
CHLN	choline
CHOL	cholesterol
CMC	carboxymethyl cellulose
CNC	cellulose nanocrystals
COX2	cyclooxgenase-2
CPC	cetylpyridinium chloride
CS	chitosan
CT DNA	calf thymus DNA
dien	diethylenetriamine
dsf	disulfiram
DMβCD	heptakis-2,6-O-dimethyl-β-cyclodextrin
DMPC	dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine
DPPC	1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine
DPPE-PEG2000	dipalmitoylphosphoethanolamine-N-[methoxy(polyethyleneglycol)-2000] ammonium salt
dpphen	4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline
dppz	dipyrido[3,2-a:2′,3′-c]phenazine
DSPC	1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine
DSPE	distearoyl phosphatidylethanolamine
EPR effect	Enhanced Permeability and Retention effect
HA	Hyaluronic acid
Hacac	acetylacetone
H2atsm	diacetylbis(N-4-methylthiosemicarbazone
H3btc	benzene tricarboxylic acid
Hchz	6-hydroxychromone-3-carbaldehyde-(3′-hydroxy)benzoylhydrazone
Hddc	diethyldithiocarbamic acid
HGly	glycine
HGlu	gluconic acid
HHis	histidine
Him	indomethacin
HIm	imidazole
HP-β-CD	hydroxypropyl β cyclodextrin
H2ppt	polymerized-p-phenylenediamine-5,10,15,20-tetra-(4-aminophenyl)porphyrin
HSPC	hydrogenated soybean phosphatidylcholine
ICC	Indian childhood cirrhosis
inh	isoniazid
IP	iminopyridine
i.v.	intravenous
L-phe	L-phenylalanine
L-Thr	L-threonine
MCAO	middle cerebral artery occlusion
MIC	minimal inhibitory concentration
MRSA	methicillin-resistant S. aureus
MS	microspheres
MSS	mesoporous silica
MwCNTs	multiwalled carbon nanotubes
NAD	nicotinammide adenine dinucleotide
ncr	neocuproine
NDPMA	N-[3-(dimethylamino)-propyl]methacrylamide
NPCCs	neonatal pancreatic porcine cell clusters
NPs	nanoparticles
OPDMA	poly[2-(N-oxide-N,N-dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate]
PAMAM	polyamidoamine
PC	phosphatidylcholine
pcc	polymer copper(II) complex
PECAM	platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule
PEI	polyethyleneimine
PEIePEG	poly(ethyleneimine)epoly(ethyleneglycol)
PEG	poly(ethylene glycol)
PEG-DET	PEG-b-poly(aspartate diethyltriamine)
PEG-PBD	poly(ethylene glycol)-polybutadiene
PEGPLGA	methoxy poly(ethylene glycol)-b-poly(d,l-lactic-co-glycolic) acid
PEG-pLL50	methoxy-poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(l-lysine hydrochloride)
PEG-PLL	poly(ethylene glycol)-b-poly(l-lysine)
PEG-PPO-PEG	poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(propylene oxide)-block-poly(ethylene glycol)
PG	phosphatidyl glycerol
phen	1,10-phenantroline
PLA	poly(d,l-lactide)
PLGA	poly(d,l-lactide co-glycolide)
Plvap	plasmalemmal vesicle-associated protein
PPCN	poly-(polyethyleneglycol citrate-co-N-isopropylacrylamide)
PVC	polyvinyl chloride
ROS	reactive oxygen species
SCC	sodium copper chlorophyllin
SLT	soybean lecithin
SOD	superoxide dismutase
SA	stearylamine
SAG	Sodium alginate
TNF	tumor necrosis factor α
VCAM-1	vascular cell adhesion molecule 1
VEGF	vascular endothelial growth factor