| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| AFLD | alcoholic fatty liver disease |
| ALD | alcoholic liver disease |
| AMPK | AMP-activated protein kinase |
| APGS | astaxanthin polyethylene glycol succinate |
| AST | astaxanthin |
| AUC | area under the curve |
| bw | body weight |
| COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| COX | cyclooxygenase |
| CVD | cardiovascular diseases |
| EMT | epithelial–mesenchymal transition |
| FGF21 | fibroblast growth factor 21 |
| GPX | glutathione peroxidase |
| HDL | high-density lipoprotein cholesterol |
| HUVEC | human umbilical vein endothelial cell |
| IL-6 | interleukin-6 |
| iNOS | inducible nitric oxide synthase |
| LDL | low-density lipoprotein cholesterol |
| LPS | lipopolysaccharides |
| MAPK | mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| MASLD | metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease |
| MCP-1 | monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 |
| mPTP | mitochondrial permeability transition pore |
| NO | nitric oxide |
| PD | Parkinson’s disease |
| PEG | polyethylene glycol |
| PGC-1α | peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1α |
| PLGA | poly lactic-co-glycolic acid |
| PON1 | paraoxonase 1 |
| PPAR | peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| RNS | reactive nitrogen species |
| SOD | superoxide dismutase |
| SHR | spontaneously hypertensive rat |
| STING | Stimulator of Interferon Genes |
| TC | total cholesterol |
| TNF-α | tumor necrosis factor-alpha |
| VE-cadherin | vascular endothelial cadherin |