| INPs | Iron oxide nanoparticles |
| TINPs | Trehalose-coated stabilized iron oxide nanoparticles |
| CY-TINPs | Cytarabine-loaded trehalose-coated stabilized iron oxide nanoparticles |
| DSC | Differential scanning calorimetry, |
| XRD | X-ray powder diffraction |
| TEM | Transmission electron microscope |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| PEG-b-AGE | Polyethylene glycol-block-allyl anhydride ether |
| PEG | Polyethylene glycol |
| PCS | Photon correlation spectroscopy |
| PDI | Polydispersity index |
| TEM | Transmission electron microscopy |
| DL | Drug loading |
| EE | Entrapment efficiency |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| MTT | 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| CPCSEA | Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals |
| FTIR | Fourier transform infrared |