| ALE | apricot leaves extract |
| Caco-2 | cancer-coli-2 |
| CD | Crohn’s disease |
| CSs | corticosteroids |
| COX-2 | cyclooxygenase-2 |
| GAPDH | glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| GI | gastrointestinal |
| iNOS | inducible nitric oxide synthase |
| IBD | inflammatory bowel disease |
| IFN-γ | interferon-γ |
| IL | interleukin |
| LPS | lipopolysaccharide |
| MAPK | mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| NF-κβ | nuclear factor-kappa β |
| NOS2 | nitric oxide synthase |
| NRU | neutral red uptake |
| PLE | peach leaves extract |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| TNF-α | tumor necrosis factor-α |
| UC | ulcerative colitis |
| UPLC-PDA | ultra-high performance liquid chromatography with a photodiode detector |