1H-NMR	Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
5-FU	5-Fluorouracil
Ab	Antibody
anti-CD133-TMP4	Monoclonal antibody CD133-TMP4 conjugated to Alexa Fluor 488
CaCo-2	Human cells derived from colorectal carcinoma
CSC	Cancer stem cells
DCC	N,N′-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide
DCM	Dichloromethane
DLS	Dymanic Light Scattering
DMEM	Dulbecco’s Modified Eagles’ medium
DNA	Deoxyribonucleic acid
EDC	N-(3-dimethyl aminoproyl)-N′-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride
EMEM	Eagle’s Minimum Essential Medium
FTIR	Fourier-transform Infrared spectroscopy
IO	Iron Oxide nanoparticles
IO-OA	Oleic acid-coated iron oxide nanoparticles
IPN	Induced peripheral neurotoxicity
MRC-5	Noncancerous human primary fibroblasts
MRI	Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Ms	Saturation magnetization
NH2-PEG-NH2	Poly(ethylene glycol diamine)
NHS	N-hydroxysuccinimide
OA	Oleic acid
OXA	Oxaliplatin
PBS	Phosphate Buffer Saline
PDI	Polydispersity index
PEGylated PLGA	PEGylated poly(lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticles
PEGylated PLGA_IO-OA	Oleic acid-coated iron oxide-loaded PEGylated poly(lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticles
PEGylated PLGA_IO-OA_OXA	Oleic acid-coated iron oxide and oxaliplatin-loaded PEGylated poly(lactide-co-glycolide) multicomponent delivery system
PEGylated PLGA_OXA	Oxaliplatin-loaded PEGylated poly(lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticles
PLGA	Poly(lactide-co-glycolide)
PLGA_IO-OA	Oleic acid-coated iron oxide-loaded poly(lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticles
PLGA_IO-OA_OXA	Oleic acid-coated iron oxide and oxaliplatin-loaded poly(lactide-co-glycolide) multicomponent delivery system
PLGA_IO-OA_OXA_Ab	anti-CD133 antibody conjugated oleic acid-coated iron oxide and oxaliplatin-loaded poly(lactide-co-glycolide) multicomponent delivery system
PLGA_OXA	Oxaliplatin-loaded poly(lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticles
PLGA_OXA_Ab	anti-CD133 antibody conjugated oxaliplatin-loaded poly(lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticles
PLGA-PEG-NH2	Poly(lactide-co-glycolide)-poly(ethylene glycol) bearing amino end group
PVA	Polyvinyl alcohol
RNA	Ribonucleic acid
SD	Standard Deviation
SEC	Size Exlcusion Chromatography
TEM	Transmission Electron Microscopy
TGA	Thermogravimetric Analysis
THF	Tetrahydrofuran
VSM	Vibrating Sample Magnetometer
XRD	X-ray Diffraction