| 5-FU | 5-Fluorouracil |
| α-SMA | Alpha Smooth Muscle Actin |
| ATP | Adenosine Triphosphate |
| BSA | Bovine Serum Albumin |
| CL | Cardiolipin |
| CIM | Chemotherapy-induced Mucositis |
| COX IV | Cytochrome c Oxidase Subunit IV |
| DAPI | 4′,6-Diamidino-2-Phenylindole |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| EC50 | Half-Maximal Effective Concentration |
| ELISA | Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay |
| EMT | Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition |
| ETC | Electron Transport Chain |
| FBS | Fetal Bovine Serum |
| GI | Gastrointestinal |
| H&E | Hematoxylin and Eosin |
| HEPES | 4-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-1-Piperazineethanesulfonic Acid |
| HOK-16B | Human Oral Keratinocyte-16B |
| hTERT | Human Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase |
| IF | Immunofluorescence |
| IL-1β | Interleukin-1 Beta |
| IL-6 | Interleukin-6 |
| i.p. | Intraperitoneal |
| i.v. | Intravenous |
| MAPK | Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase |
| MOMA-2 | Monocyte/Macrophage Antigen-2 |
| mtROS | Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species |
| NF-κB | Nuclear Factor Kappa-B |
| NHOK | Normal Human Oral Keratinocytes |
| NDUFS1 | NADH Dehydrogenase Fe-S Protein 1 |
| PBS | Phosphate-Buffered Saline |
| PC | Phosphatidylcholine |
| PCNA | Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen |
| PFA | Paraformaldehyde |
| PI(4,5)P2 | Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| SCC-17B | Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cell Line-17B |
| SDHB | Succinate Dehydrogenase Complex Iron Sulfur B |
| TB | Toluidine Blue |
| TGF-β | Transforming Growth Factor Beta |
| TMB | 3,3′,5,5′-Tetramethylbenzidine |
| TNF-α | Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha |
| TUNEL | Terminal Deoxynucleotide Transferase-Mediated dUTP Nick End Labeling |
| UQCRFS1 | Ubiquinol-Cytochrome c Reductase, Rieske Iron-Sulfur Polypeptide 1 |
| WBC | White Blood Cells |
| SE | Standard error |