| Full Name | Abbreviation |
| Age-related macular degeneration | AMD |
| Average molecular weight | Mn |
| Catalase | CAT |
| Dendrobium | D. |
| Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium | DMEM |
| Crude polysaccharide of D. nobile | DN-P |
| Purified polysaccharide of D. nobile | DN-PP |
| Electroretinogram | ERG |
| Fetal bovine serum | FBS |
| G-protein-coupled receptor | GPCR |
| neither inactivation nor afterpotential E | ninaE |
| Reactive oxygen species | ROS |
| Superoxide dismutase | SOD |
| Retinal pigment epithelial | RPE |
| Size-exclusion chromatography | SEC |
| Traditional Chinese medicine | TCM |
| High-performance anion exchange column chromatography | HPAEC |
| Transient receptor potential | Trp |
| Transient receptor potential-like protein | Trpl |