API	Active pharmaceutical ingredient
AUC	Area under the plasma (blood) curves
BCS	Biopharmaceutics Classification System
BDDCS	Biopharmaceutics Drug Disposition Classification System
CAM	Complementary alternative medicine
CRASD	Controlled release amorphous solid dispersion systems
CYPs	Cytochrome P450
Cmax	Maximum (peak) drug concentration in the plasma, serum or whole blood
ER	Endoplasmic reticulum
F	the extent of drug bioavailability
GIT	Gastrointestinal tract
HMG-CoA	Hydroxyl-methyl-glutaryl coenzyme A
LNS	Lipid-based nanosystems
Microfold cells	M cells
NP(s)	Nanoparticle(s)
NLC	Nanostructured lipid carriers
NPs	nanoparticles
PK	pharmacokinetics
PLN	Polymer-lipid hybrid nanoparticles
PXR	Pregnane X receptor
SLN	Solid lipid nanoparticles
SJW	St. John wort
SNEDDS	Self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery systems