| AChE | Acetylcholinesterase |
| Ag | Silver |
| AgNPs | Silver nanoparticles |
| AMR | Antimicrobial resistance |
| ANOVA | Analysis of variance |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| ATR | Attenuated total reflectance |
| Bcl-2 | B-cell lymphoma 2 |
| CFU | Colony-forming units |
| CO2 | Carbon dioxide |
| CV | Coefficient of variation |
| D[3,2] | Surface-weighted mean diameter |
| D[4,3] | Volume-weighted mean diameter |
| d50 | Median particle diameter |
| DLS | Dynamic light scattering |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DPPH | 2,2-Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl |
| DSC | Differential scanning calorimetry |
| DTA | Differential thermal analysis |
| DTG | Differential thermogravimetry |
| EDS | Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy |
| EDX | Energy-dispersive X-ray |
| EE% | Encapsulation efficiency |
| ESI | Electrospray ionization |
| EY% | Encapsulation yield |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| FCC | Face-centered cubic |
| FeCl3 | Ferric chloride |
| FEG | Field emission gun |
| FeSO4·7H2O | Ferrous sulfate heptahydrate |
| FRAP | Ferric reducing antioxidant power |
| FTIR | Fourier-transform infrared |
| GAE | Gallic acid equivalents |
| GC | Gas chromatography |
| HCl | Hydrochloric acid |
| HF | Heat flow |
| HSD | Honestly significant difference |
| IC50 | Half-maximal inhibitory concentration |
| ICDD | International Centre for Diffraction Data |
| IO | Inonotus obliquus |
| IZ | Inhibition zone |
| JCPDS | Joint Committee on Powder Diffraction Standards |
| LC% | Loading capacity |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| MBC | Minimum bactericidal concentration |
| MIC | Minimum inhibitory concentration |
| MIO | Maltodextrin—I. obliquus |
| MS | Mass spectrometry |
| MTT | 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NP | Nanoparticle |
| PDI | Polydispersity index |
| PI3K/Akt | Phosphoinositide 3-kinase/protein kinase B |
| PSD | Particle size distribution |
| QTOF | Quadrupole time-of-flight |
| RI | Retention index |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| SEM | Scanning electron microscopy |
| TPC | Total phenolic content |
| TPTZ | 2,4,6-Tris(2-pyridyl)-1,3,5-triazine |
| tR | Retention time |
| TG | Thermogravimetry |
| TGA | Thermogravimetric analysis |
| UAE | Ultrasound-assisted extraction |
| VOC | Volatile organic compound |
| WPPF | Whole powder pattern fitting |
| XRD | X-ray diffraction |