| ANOVA | Analysis of variance |
| BSA | Bovine serum albumin |
| Caco-2 | Human colon adenocarcinoma cell line |
| COX-2 | Cyclooxygenase-2 |
| EDTA | Trypsin-ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| EGCG | Epigallocatechin gallate |
| EGCG-DHA | Epigallocatechin gallate-docosahexaenoic acid |
| EGCG-DPA | Epigallocatechin gallate-docosapentanoic acid |
| EMEM | Eagle’s minimum essential medium |
| FBS | Foetal bovine serum |
| IBD | Intestinal bowel disease |
| IFN-γ | Interferon gamma |
| IL | Interleukin |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| MIF | Macrophage migration inhibitory factor |
| NF-κB | Nuclear factor κB |
| NO | Nitric oxide |
| PBS | Phosphate-buffered saline |
| PEGCG | Palmitoyl epigallocatechin gallate |
| PGE2 | Prostaglandin E2 |
| PMA | Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate |
| RPMI | Roswell Park Memorial Institute Medium |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| THP-1 | Human monocytic cell line |
| TNF-α | Tumour necrosis factor-alpha |