| ACh | Acetylthiocholine |
| AChI | Acetylthiocholine iodide |
| AD | Alzheimer’s Disease |
| ADMET | Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Elimination, Toxicity |
| APP | Amyloid Precursor Protein |
| Aβ42 | Beta-amyloid protein, fragment 1-42 |
| BBB | Blood–brain Barrier |
| BIM | Hydroxyphenylbenzimidazole acid |
| BCh | Butyrylthiocholine |
| BChI | S-butyrylthiocholine iodide |
| Caco | Human colon carcinoma cell line |
| CNS | Central nervous system |
| DMA | N,N-dimethylacetamide |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium |
| DMF | Dimethylformamide |
| DMHP | 1,2-Dimethyl-3-hydroxy-4-pyridinone |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| DPPH | 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl free radical |
| DTNB | 5,5′-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid) |
| EC50 | Half maximal effective concentration |
| EDCI | 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide |
| eeAChE | Electric eel acetylcholinesterase |
| eqBChE | Equine butyrylcholinesterase |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| HD | Huntington’s disease |
| HEPES | 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazine-ethanesulfonic acid |
| HFIP | 1,1,1,3,3,3-Hexafluoro-2-propanol |
| HSA | Human serum albumin |
| IC50 | Half maximal inhibitory concentration |
| LC | Liquid chromatography |
| MDCK | Madin–Darby canine kidney cell line |
| M.P | Melting points |
| MS-ESI | Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry |
| MTT | 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide |
| NMM | N-Methylmorpholine |
| NMR | Nuclear magnetic resonance |
| PCA | Principal component analysis |
| PD | Parkinson’s disease |
| PSA | Polar surface area (Van der Waals surface area of polar nitrogen and oxygen atoms) |
| RF | Retention factor |
| RIV | Rivastigmine |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| SEM | Standard error of the mean |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| SI | Selectivity index (IC50(AChE)/IC50(BChE) |
| TBTU | 2-(1H-benzotriazole-1-yl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethylaminium tetrafluoroborate |
| TEA | Triethylamine |
| TEM | Transmission electron microscopy |
| ThT | Thioflavin T |
| TLC | Thin-layer chromatography |
| TMS | Tetramethylsilane |
| TRIS | Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane |
| UV-Vis | Ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy |