| MRSA | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| TCM | Traditional Chinese medicine |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| MHB | Mueller Hinton Broth |
| ATP | Adenosine triphosphate |
| CFU | colony forming units |
| CLSI | Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute |
| SEM | scanning electron microscopy |
| MBC | minimal bactericidal concentration |
| MIC | minimum inhibitory concentration |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| SDH | succinate dehydrogenase |
| NADH | nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide |
| OD | optical density |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| RNA | Ribonucleic Acid |
| PCA | principal component analysis |
| FC | fold change |
| p.adj | p-value adjusted |
| SpA | Staphylococcal protein A |
| FICI | fractional inhibitory concentration index |
| DEPs | Differentially Expressed Proteins |
| EsxA | ESAT-6-like protein |
| CFDA-SE | Carboxy fluorescein Diacetate Succinimidyl Ester |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium |
| MOI | multiplicity of infection |
| CAMHB | Cation-Adjusted Mueller-Hinton Broth |
| PBS | phosphate-buffered saline |
| SOD | Superoxide Dismutase |
| Prx | Peroxiredoxin |
| GCL | Glutamate-Cysteine Ligase |