| A375 | human melanoma cell line |
| A431 | epidermoid carcinoma |
| A549 | adenocarcinomic human alveolar basal epithelial cells |
| ABCG2 | ATP binding cassette subfamily G member 2 |
| BCG823 | human gastric carcinoma cell line |
| BCRP | breast cancer resistance protein |
| DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DU145 | human prostate cancer line |
| EGFR | epidermal growth factor receptor |
| GES 1 | human gastric epithelium cell line |
| H460 | human non-small-cell lung carcinoma |
| HEK-293 | human embryonic kidney |
| HepG2 | human liver cancer cell line |
| HT-29 | human colon cancer cell line |
| HUVEC | human umbilical vein endothelial cell |
| IFNγ | interferon gamma |
| IL | interleukin |
| K-562 | myelogenous leukemia cell line |
| KB | keratin-forming tumor cell line HeLa |
| LA | licochalcone A |
| LB | licochalcone B |
| LC | licochalcone C |
| MCF-7 | breast cancer cell line |
| MET | mesenchymal epithelial transition factor |
| MIA-PA-Ca2 | human pancreatic cancer cell line |
| mTOR | mechanistic target of rapamycin kinase |
| MTT assay | (3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide |
| NF-kB | nuclear factor kappa light chain enhancer of activated B cells |
| OVCAR-3 | human ovarian carcimona cell line |
| PARP | poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase |
| PC-3 | prostatic adencarcinom |
| RNS | reactive nitrogen species |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| SGC-7901 | gastric cancer cell line |
| SK-OV-3 | ovarian cancer cell line |
| U251 | gliostoma cell line |
| VEGF | vascular endothelial growth factor |
| XN | xanthohumol |