| APIs | Active pharmaceutical ingredients |
| ATCC® | American Type Culture Collection |
| CLSI | Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute |
| MRSA | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| MICs | Minimum inhibitory concentrations |
| NCCLS | National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards |
| PBMCs | Peripheral blood mononuclear cells |
| SAR | Structure–activity relationship models |
| TKC | Time-kill Curve |