| ANOVA | One-way analysis of variance |
| BrCa | Breast cancer |
| cDNA | Complementary DNA |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium |
| DMSO | Dimethyl Sulfoxide |
| DSC | Differential scanning calorimetry |
| EGF | Epidermal Growth Factor |
| FAO | Fatty acid oxidation |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| GDC | DNA genomic contamination |
| IC50 | Half-maximal inhibitory concentration |
| IL | Ionic liquid |
| LDH | Lactate dehydrogenase |
| MEM | Minimum essential media |
| MTT | 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium-bromide |
| OD | Optical Density |
| PCa | Prostate cancer |
| PPC | Real-time PCR efficiency |
| RTC | First strand synthesis |
| SFM | Serum-Free Medium |
| SI | Selectivity index |