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. 2021 May 25;22(11):5612. doi: 10.3390/ijms22115612
A. corymbifera Absidia corymbifera (fungus)
A. Alcaligenes (Gram-negative bacteria)
A. fischeri Aliivibrio fischeri (Gram-negative bacteria)
A. fumigatus Aspergillus fumigatus (fungus)
A. hydrophila Aeromonas hydrophila (Gram-negative bacteria)
A. niger Aspergillus niger (fungus)
ACY I Acylase I
AILs Aprotic ionic liquids
amoA Ammonia monooxygenase subunit A gene
AOA Ammonia-oxidizing archaea
AOB Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria
B. cereus Bacillus cereus (Gram-positive bacteria)
B. japonicum Bradyrhizobium japonicum (Gram-negative bacteria)
B. licheniformis Bacillus licheniforms (Gram-positive bacteria)
B. subtilis Bacillus subtilis (Gram-positive bacteria)
BOD Biochemical oxygen demand
BS-C-1 African green monkey kidney cells
BSLT Brine shrimp lethality test
BTFIP 3-bis(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)propan-2-ol
C. albicans Candida albicans (yeast)
C. elegans Caenorhabditis elegans
C. freundii Citrobacter freundii (Gram-negative bacteria)
C. glabrata Candida glabrata (yeast)
C. krusei Candida krusei (yeast)
C. lusitaniae Candida lusitaniae (yeast)
C. parapsilosis Candida parapsilosis (yeast)
C. pyrenoidosa Chlorella pyrenoidosa
C. tropicalis Candida tropicalis (yeast)
CAT Catalase
CCO Channel Catfish Ovary cell line
CHO Chinese hamster ovary cells
CMC Critical micellar concentration
COD Chemical oxygen demand
D. japonica Dugesia japonica
D. magna Daphnia magna
DESI-MSI Desorption electrospray ionization–mass spectrometry imaging
DMSO Dimethyl sulfoxide
E. coli Escherichia coli (Gram-negative bacteria)
E. faecalis Enterococcus faecalis (Gram-positive bacteria)
E. fetida Eisenia fetida
EC50 Half-maximal effective concentration
ED100 Preservative concentrations retarding the fungal growth by 100% than the reference
ELM Extreme learning machine
ESH Environmental, safety and health impact
G. mellonella Galleria mellonella
G. stearothermophilus Geobacillus stearothermophilus (Gram-positive bacteria)
G3TFSA Triglyme
G4TFSA Tetraglyme
GHS United Nations globally harmonized system
GPx Glutathione peroxidase
GSH Glutathione
GST Glutathione S-transferase
H2O Water
H2O2 Hydrogen peroxide
HaCaT Human immortal keratinocyte cells
HeLa Human cervical carcinoma cells
HepG2 Human hepatocellular carcinoma cells
Hs68 Human fibroblast cell line
IC50 50% inhibitory concentration
IC80 80% inhibitory concentration
IC95 95% inhibitory concentration
ILs Ionic liquids
IPC-81 Rat leukemia cell line
K. pneumoniae Klebsiella pneumoniae (Gram-negative bacteria)
L. lactis Lactobacillus lactis (Gram-positive bacteria)
L. monocytogenes Listeria monocytogenes (Gram-positive bacteria)
L. sakei Lactobacillus sakei (Gram-positive bacteria)
LC50 50% lethal concentration
LD50 Median lethal dose
LDH Lactic dehydrogenase
LFER Linear free energy relationship descriptors
LPS Lipopolysaccharide
M. catarrahalis Moraxella catarrhalis (Gram-negative bacteria)
MBC Minimum bactericidal concentration
MDA Malondialdehyde
MDA-MB-231 cells Human breast cancerous cells
MIC Minimum inhibitory concentration
NRRT Neutral red retention assay
O2 Superoxide radicals
OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OH• Hydroxyl radicals
P. aeruginosa Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Gram-negative bacteria)
P. fluorescens Pseudomonas fluorescens (Gram-negative bacteria)
P. mirabilis Proteus mirabilis (Gram-negative bacteria)
P. putida Pseudomonas putida (Gram-negative bacteria)
P. vulgaris Proteus vulgaris (Gram-negative bacteria)
PANC-1 cells Human pancreatic cancerous cells
PILs Protic ionic liquids
POD Peroxidase
PSI Photosynthetic system I
PSII Photosynthetic system II
QSAR Quantitative structure–activity relationship model
R. rubra Rhodoturula rubra (yeast)
RAPD Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA assay
RCOO Peroxide radicals
ROS Reactive oxygen species
S. aureus Staphylococcus aureus (Gram-positive bacteria)
S. cerevisiae Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast)
S. enterica Salmonella enterica (Gram-negative bacteria)
S. epidermidis Staphylococcus epidermidis (Gram-positive bacteria)
S. marcescens Serrata marcescens (Gram-negative bacteria)
S. obliquus Scenedesmus obliquus
S. typhimurium Salmonella typhimurium (Gram-negative bacteria)
SEM Scanning electron microscopy
SIA Sequential injection analysis
SOD Superoxide dismutase
T. asahii Trichosporon asahii (fungus)
T. mentagrophytes Trichophyton mentagrophytes (fungus)
T. novellus Thiobacillus novellus (Gram-negative bacteria)
ThOD Theoretical oxygen demand
[BA] Alkyl-benzyldimethylammonium
[BTDA] Benzyldimethyltetradecylammonium
[C10-Men-Am] [(1R,2S,5R)-(−)-Menthoxymethyl] dimethyldecylammonium
[C10mim] 1-Decyl-3-methylimidazolium
[C11-Men-Am] [(1R,2S,5R)-(−)-Menthoxymethyl] dimethylundecylammonium
[N1,1,12,2(OH)] Dodecyl(2-hydroxyethyl)dimethylammonium
[C12-Men-Am] [(1R,2S,5R)-(−)-menthoxymethyl] dimethyldodecylammonium
[C12mim] 1-Dodecyl-3-methylimidazolium
[C14mim] 1-Tetradecyl-3-methylimidazolium
[C16mim] 1-Hexadecyl-3-methylimidazolium
[C1mim] 1,3-Dimethylimidazolium
[C1OC2mim] 1-Methoxyethyl-3-methylimidazolium
[C1pi] 1-Methylpiperazinium
[(C2)2(C1)2(C1)23gu] 2-Ethyl-1,1,3,3-tetramethylguanidinium
[(C2)22(C1)2(C1)23gu] 2,2-Diethyl-1,1,3,3-tetramethylguanidinium
[C2mim] 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium
[C2mpy] 1-Ethyl-3-methylpyridinium
[OHC2C1NH2] N-Methyl-2-hydroxyethylammonium
[OHC2mim] 1-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-3-methylimidazolium
[C2pi] 1-Ethylpiperazinium
[C3mpyr] 1-Methyl-1-propylpyrrolidinium
[C4mim] 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium
[C4mPheim] 1-Butyl-3-methyl-2-phenylimidazolium
[C4mpy] 1-Butyl-4-methylpyridinium
[C4mpyr] 1-Butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium
[C4py] N-Butylpyridinium
[C6mim] 1-Hexyl-3-methylimidazolium
[C6mpy] 1-Hexyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium
[C8mim] 1-Octyl-3-methylimidazolium
[C8OC1mim] 1-Octyloximethyl-3-methylimidazolium
[Cho] Choline
[DBNH] 1,5-Diazabicyclo(4.3.0)non-5-enium
[DMEEEAH] N,N-Dimethyl-2-(2-ethoxyethoxy)ethylammonium
[DMEtAH] N,N-Dimethylethanolammonium
[DMHEEAH] N,N-Dimethyl-2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethylammonium
[HOC2mim] 1-Hydroxyethyl-3-methylimidazolium
[HOC3mim] Hydroxypropylmethylimidazolium
[MOxa] Methyloxazolinium
[N1,1,1,1] Tetramethylammonium
[N1,1,1,16] Trimethylhexadecylammonium
[N1,1,1,2(OH)] (2-Hydroxyethyl)trimethylammonium
[N1,1,1,8] Trimethyloctylammonium
[N1,1,12,2(OH)] Dodecyl(2-hydroxyethyl)dimethylammonium
[N1,1,18,18] Dimethyldioctadecylammonium
[N1,1,2,2(OH)] (2-Hydroxyethyl)ethyldimethylammonium
[N1,1,6,2(OH)] Hexyl(2-hydroxyethyl)dimethylammonium
[N1,1,8,2(OH)] Octyl(2-hydroxyethyl)dimethylammonium
[N1,4,2(OH),2(OH)] Butyldi(2-hydroxyethyl)methylammonium
[N1,6,2(OH),2(OH)] Hexyldi(2-hydroxyethyl)methylammonium
[N10,10,1,1] Didecyldimethylammonium
[N4,4,4,4] Tetrabutylammonium
[N6,2(OH),2(OH),2(OH)] Hexyltri(2-hydroxyethyl)ammonium
[N8,8,1,1] Dioctyldimethylammonium
[N8,8,8,1] Trioctylmethylammonium
[NH2C2mim] 1-aminoethyl-3-methylimidazolium
[OHC3mim] Hydroxypropylmethylimidazolium
[P14,4,4,4] Tributyl(tetradecyl)phosphonium
[P4,4,4,1] Tributylmethylphosphonium
[P4,4,4,4] Tetrabutylphosphonium
[P6,6,6,14] Tri(hexyl)tetradecylphosphonium
[P8,4,4,4] Tri(butyl)octylphosphonium
[P8,8,8,1] Trioctylmethylphosphonium
[Phpi] 1-phenylpiperazinium
[Pi4,i4,i4,1] Triisobutyl(methyl)phosphonium
[TMEEEA] N,N,N-Trimethyl-2-(2-ethoxyethoxy)ethylammonium
[TMHEEA] N,N,N-Trimethyl-2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethylammonium
[(C2F5)3PF3] Tris(pentafluoroethyl)trifluorophosphate
[(CF3SO2)2N] Bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide
[3AT] 3-Amino-1,2,4-triazolate
[Ala] Alaninate
[Arg] Argininate
[Asc] Ascorbate
[Asp] Asparaginate
[BF4] Tetrafluoroborate
[Biot] Biotinate
[Br] Bromide
[Bt] Benzotrizolate
[C(CN)3] Tricyanomethanide
[C2H5COO] Propionate
[C2H5OSO3] Ethylsulfate
[C3H7COO] Butyrate
[C4H9COO] Pentanoate
[C5H11COO] Hexanoate
[C7H5O2] Benzoate
[C9H19COO] Decanoate
[CF3SO3] Trifluoromethanesulfonate
[CH3COO] Acetate
[CH3OSO3] Methylsulfate
[CH3SO3] Methanesulfonate
[CH3SO4] Methylsulfate
[Cit] Citrate
[Cl] Chloride
[ClO4] Perchlorate
[CoCl4] Cobalt tetrachloride
[DEP] Diethylphosphate
[DMP] Dimethylphosphate
[DMSIP] Dimethyl-5-sulfoisophthalate
[docusate] Docusate
[EtOPr] 3-Ethoxypropionate
[FCH2COO] Fluoroacetate
[FeCl4] Iron tetrachloride
[GdCl6] Gadolinium hexachloride
[Gly] Glycinate
[glycolate] Glycolate
[H2PO4] Dihydrogen phosphate
[HSO4] Hydrogen sulfate
[I] Iodide
[Lac] Lactate
[Lau] Laurate
[Mal] Malate
[Md] Mandelate
[MDEGSO4] 2-(2-Methoxyethoxy)ethylsulfate
[MnCl4] Manganese tetrachloride
[MnCl4] Manganese tetrachloride
[N(CN)2] Dicyanamide
[Nicot] Nicotinate
[NO3] Nitrate
[O2C2O2] Oxalate
[OH] Hydroxide
[Ol] Oleate
[PF6] Hexafluorophosphate
[Phe] Phenylalanine
[Pro] Prolinate
[Pyr] Pyrithione
[SCN] Thiocyanate
[Ser] Serine
[Tau] Taurine
[TMPP] Bis(2,4,4-trimethyl)phosphate
[TOS] Tosylate