AA	Arachidonic acid
AcOH	Acetic acid
AK	Aknari
ALT	Alanine aminotransferase
ASA	Acetylsalicylic acid
AST	Aspartate aminotransferase
ALP	Alkaline phosphatase
BSA	Bovine serum albumin
BRE	Betalain-rich ethanol
b.w.	Body weight
C/EBP-β	CCAAT-enhancer-binding proteins β
CAM	Chicken chorioallantoic membrane
Cd	Cadmium
CD36	Cluster differentiation 36
CRP	C-reactive protein
DMII	Type II diabetes mellitus
EAC	Ehrlich ascites carcinoma
EtOAc	Ethyl acetate
FJOD	Fresh fruit juice of O. dillenii
GGT	Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase
GOT	Glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase
GPx	Glutathione peroxidase
GPT	Glutamic pyruvic transaminase
HA	Harmocha
HDL	High-density lipoprotein
HFD	High-fat diet
HFHF	High-fat high-fructose
HSL	Hormone-sensitive lipase
IM	Imatchan
i.p.	Intraperitoneal
LCAT	Lecithin–cholesterol acyltransferase activity
LDH	Lactate dehydrogenase
LDL	Low-density lipoprotein
LOX	Lipoxygenase
MABP	Mean arterial blood pressure
MCAO	Middle cerebral artery occlusion
MeOH	Methanol
MIC	Minimum inhibitory concentration
MPO	Myeloperoxidase
NCD	Non-communicable disease
NDGA	Nordihydroguaiaretic acid
NF-κB	Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
OD	Opuntia dillenii
ODP	Opuntia dillenii polysaccharide
ODPF	Opuntia dillenii polysaccharide fraction
ODSO	Opuntia dillenii seed oil
OM	Methanolic extract of O. dillenii
OHAE	O. dillenii hydroalcoholic extract
Pb	Lead
PCM	Paracetamol
PLA2	Phospholipase A2
PTEN	Phosphatase and tension homolog deleted on chromosome ten
QR1	Quinone reductase 1
RT-PCR	Real time—polymerase chain reaction
RXR	Retinoid X receptor
SGOT	Serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase
SGPT	Serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase
SOD	Superoxide dismutase
SRB	Sulforhodamine B
STZ	Streptozotocin
TC	Total cholesterol
TG	Triglyceride
TNF	Tumor necrosis factor
TPA	12-O-tetradecanoyl- phorbol-13-acetate
UAE	Ultrasound-assisted extraction
UI	Ulcer index
VLDL	Very-low-density lipoprotein
VGS	Volume of gastric secretion
WB	Western blot