| ACh | acetylcholine |
| ANR | normal Ringer solution with atropine |
| aTtP | apparent time to IACh peak |
| CI | confidence interval |
| DEA | diethylamine |
| DMA | 2,6-dimethylaniline |
| EC | extracellular |
| Fb | Fritillaria bulbs |
| GABAAR | gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor type A; |
| hERG | human ether-a-go-go related gene |
| IACh | ACh-elicited current |
| IC | intracellular |
| IGABA | GABA-elicited current |
| I p | IACh amplitude at the peak |
| Iss | IACh amplitude 20 s after Ip |
| LA | local anesthetic |
| LGIC | ligand-gated ion channel |
| MD | molecular dynamics simulation |
| MM|PBSA | molecular mechanics/Poisson-Boltzmann surface area |
| MS-222 | ethyl 3-aminobenzoate methanesulfonate |
| n | number of oocytes |
| N | number of oocyte-donor frogs |
| nAChR | nicotinic acetylcholine receptor |
| Pm | peimine |
| RMSD | root-mean-square deviation |
| SEM | standard error of the mean |
| TCM | Traditional Chinese medicine |
| TM | transmembrane spanning-segment |