| AICART | Aminoimidazole carboxamide ribonucleotide transformylase |
| ALK | Anaplastic lymphoma kinase |
| AQ | anthraquinone |
| ARS | Artesunate |
| BCR | Breakpoint cluster region |
| BRAF | v-raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B1 |
| CA-4 | Combretasin A-4 |
| CDK | Cyclin dependent kinase |
| CNS | Central Nervous System |
| CSF-1 | Colony-stimulating factor |
| DENV-2 | Dengue virus serotype 2 |
| DHA | Dihydroartemisinin |
| DLC | Drug loading content |
| DLE | Drug-loading efficiency |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium |
| DOX | Doxorubicin |
| DPPH | 2,2-diphenylpicrylhydrazyl |
| EAC | Ehrlich Ascites Carcinoma |
| EC50 | Half maximal effective concentration |
| EGFR | Epidermal growth factor receptor |
| EMT | Epithelial Mesenchymal transition |
| ERK | Extracellular signal-regulated kinase |
| FLT3 | Fms-like tyrosine kinase |
| GI50 | Half maximal Growth Inhibition |
| HDAC | Histone deacetylases |
| HER | Human epidermal growth factor receptor |
| HetQ | heterocycle-fused quinone |
| IC50 | Half maximal Inhibitory concentration |
| JAK2 | Janus kinase 2 |
| KDR | Kinase insert domain receptor |
| LC50 | Half maximal Lethal concentration |
| MEK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| MG-MID | Mean graph midpoint |
| MTT | 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazolyl-2)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide |
| NCI | National Cancer Institute |
| ND | Not Defined |
| NQ | Naphthoquinone |
| NSCLC | Non-small cell lung cancer |
| P13K | Phosphoinositide3-kinase |
| PBD | Pyrrolo-benzodiazepines |
| PGDFR | Platelet-derived growth factor |
| Raf | Rapidly accelerated fibrosarcoma |
| Ras | Rat Sarcoma |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| SAHA | standard hydroxamic acid |
| SRB | Sulforhodamine B |
| TKi | Tyrosine kinase inhibitor |
| TRK | Tropomyosin Receptor Kinase |
| VEGFR | vascular endothelial growth factor receptor |
| XPO1 | Exportin 1 |