human ovarian adenocarcinoma cell line

ATP binding cassette (class of proteins)

adenosine 5′-triphosphate

cisplatin or cis-diamminedichloro platinum(II) (CDDP)

human colon cancer cell line

multidrug resistant human colon cancer cell line

1H–1H correlated spectroscopy

4′,6-diamidine-2′-phenylindole

decay-associated spectra

distribution coefficient at the indicated pH

Eagle's minimal essential medium

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

high resolution electrospray ionization mass spectroscopy

4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid

heteronuclear multiple bond coherence

heteronuclear multiple-quantum correlation

half-inhibitory concentration (concentration that reduces by 50% the growth of cells exposed to the tested compounds

conditional stability constant

proton dissociation constant

metal-to-ligand charge transfer

normal human embryonal lung fibroblast

3-(4,5-dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide

Oak Ridge thermal ellipsoid plot

artificial membrane permeability assay

2-(2-pyridyl)benzimidazole

2-(2-pyridyl)benzo[b]thiophene

effective passive permeability

thermodynamic solubility

fluorescence lifetime value