| Caspase-3 | Cysteinyl aspartate specific protease-3 |
| CCNGs | Curcumin loaded chitin nanogels |
| EMSA | Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay |
| MTT | 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide |
| NF-KB | Nuclear factor-Kappa B |
| SKOV3TR | Ovarian cancer drug resistant cells |
| PHEMA | Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) nanoparticles |
| SKOV-3 | Sensitive human ovarian cancer cells |
| STAT3 | Signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 |