| ABA | abscisic acid |
| C/EBPβ | CCAAT/enhancer binding protein |
| CV | coefficient of variation |
| DAMPs | damage-associated molecular patterns |
| DH | 11α, 13-dihydrohelenalin |
| DHA | acetyldihydrohelenalin |
| DHIB | isobutyryldihydrohelenalin |
| DHIV | isovaleryldihydrohelenalin |
| DHM | methacryloyldihydrohelenalin |
| DHMB | 2-methylbutyryldihydrohelenalin |
| DHT | tigloyldihydrohelenalin |
| DMAPP | dimethylallyl pyrophosphate |
| FDS | farnesyl diphosphate synthase |
| FPP | farnesyl pyrophosphate |
| GM-CSF | regulatory link between granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor |
| H | helenalin |
| HA | helenalin acetate |
| HIB | isobutyrylhelenalin |
| HIV | isovalerylhelenalin |
| HM | methacryloylhelenalin |
| HMB | 2-methylbutyrylhelenalin |
| HPLC | high-performance liquid chromatography |
| HT | tigloylhelenalin |
| LOD | limit of detection |
| LOQ | limit of quantification |
| MALDI-MS | matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-mass spectrometry imaging |
| MAMPs | microbe-associated molecular patterns |
| MEP | 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol-4-phosphate |
| MVA | mevalonate |
| NF-κB | nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer |
| PAP | primary cause of lung disease |
| PPI | isopentenyl diphosphate |
| RSD | relative standard deviation |
| SD | standard deviation |
| SLs | sesquiterpene lactones |
| SNARE | soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive-factor attachment protein receptor |
| STPS | sesquiterpene synthases |
| UHPLC-MS | ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry |