| AE | Atropine equivalents |
| ALP | Alkaline phosphatase |
| AMR | Antimicrobial resistance |
| ANOVA | Analysis of Variance |
| ALT (SGPT) | Alanine Aminotransferase/Serum Glutamic-Pyruvic Transaminase |
| AST (SGOT) | Aspartate Aminotransferase/Serum Glutamic-Oxaloacetic Transaminase |
| BSI | Botanical Survey of India |
| CI | Confidence Interval |
| CLSI | Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute |
| COL1A1 | Collagen Type I Alpha 1 Chain |
| COL3A1 | Collagen Type III Alpha 1 Chain |
| CO2 | Carbon Dioxide |
| CSIR | Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (India) |
| CPCSEA | Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (India) |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| DPPH | 2,2-Diphenyl-1-Picrylhydrazyl |
| ECM | Extracellular matrix |
| EDTA | Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid |
| ELISA | Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| FeCl3 | Ferric Chloride |
| FTIR | Fourier-Transform Infrared (Spectroscopy) |
| GAE | Gallic acid equivalents |
| GSE | Ginsenoside equivalents |
| HaCaT | Human Keratinocyte Cell Line (immortalized) |
| H&E | Hematoxylin and eosin |
| HO-1 | Heme Oxygenase-1 axis |
| H2O2 | Hydrogen Peroxide |
| IAEC | Institutional Animal Ethics Committee |
| IC50 | Half-maximal inhibitory concentration |
| IMTECH | Institute of Microbial Technology (CSIR, India) |
| LC-QTOF-MS | Liquid Chromatography-Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometr |
| LC50 | Lethal concentration for 50% of organisms |
| LT | Lobelia trigona/alsinoides ethanolic extract (as used for the ointment) |
| MBC | Minimum bactericidal concentration |
| MFC | Minimum fungicidal concentration |
| MIC | Minimum inhibitory concentration |
| MRSA | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| MTS | Masson’s trichrome staining |
| MTCC | Microbial Type Culture Collection |
| MTT | 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-Diphenyl-2H-Tetrazolium Bromide |
| NA | Nutrient Agar |
| NADH | Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (reduced form) |
| NBT | Nitro blue tetrazolium |
| NCCS | National Centre for Cell Science (India) |
| NF-κB | Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells |
| NMR | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
| Nrf2 | Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 |
| PBS | Phosphate-buffered saline |
| PDA | Potato Dextrose Agar |
| PMS | Phenazine Methosulfate |
| qRT-PCR | Quantitative Real-Time Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| R2 | Coefficient of Determination |
| RE | Rutin equivalents |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| SOB | Simple ointment base |
| TBA | Thiobarbituric acid |
| TCA | Trichloroacetic acid |
| TGF-β | Transforming growth factor-beta |
| TNAU | Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (India) |
| UAE | Ursolic acid equivalents |
| VEGF | Vascular endothelial growth factor |
| v/v | Volume per Volume |
| w/w | Weight per Weight |