| ACCA | α-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid |
| ACN | Acetonitrile |
| AMP | Antimicrobial peptide |
| ATCC | The American Type Culture Collection |
| BrAcOH | Bromoacetic acid |
| CFU | Colony-forming units |
| DCM | Dichloromethane |
| DIEA | Diisopropylethylamine |
| DMF | Dimethylformamide |
| DTT | Dithiothreitol |
| ELISA | Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| Fmoc | 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl |
| HATU | 1-[Bis(dimethylamino)methylene]-1H-1,2,3-triazolo[4,5-b] pyridinium-3-oxide hexafluoro-phosphate |
| HOAt | 1-Hydroxy-7-azabenzotriazole |
| MALDI-TOF-MS | Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry |
| MHB | Mueller-Hinton Broth |
| Mtt | 4-methyltrityl |
| OD | Optical density |
| Pbf | 2,2,4,6,7-pentamethyldihydrobenzofuran-5-sulfonyl |
| PBS | Phosphate-buffered saline |
| RAM | Rink amide Linker |
| RP-HPLC | Reverse Phase Analytical High Performance Liquid Chromatography |
| TFA | trifluoroacetic acid |
| TIS | Triisopropylamine |