| SCOBY | Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and yeast |
| EPS | Extracellular Polysaccharides |
| DPPH | 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl |
| FRAP | Ferric Reducing Antioxidant Power |
| ABTS | 2,2’-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) |
| ORAC | Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity |
| LC–MS | Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry |
| CUPRAC | Cupric Reducing Antioxidant Capacity |
| MTT | 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide |
| SOD | Superoxide dismutase |
| TBARS | Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances |
| NO | Nitric oxide |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| TPC | Total phenolic content |
| T-SOD | Total superoxide dismutase |
| MDA | Malondialdehyde |
| PBMC | Peripheral blood mononuclear cells |
| ELISA | Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| LCA | life-cycle assessment |
| QSAR | quantitative structure–activity relationships |
| HPLC | High-performance liquid chromatography |