| ANOVA | analysis of variance |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| CFU | colony forming unit |
| EO | essential oil |
| EUCAST | European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing |
| GC-MS | gas chromatography-mass spectrometry |
| HS-SPME | headspace solid-phase microextraction |
| i.d. | inner diameter |
| m/z | mass-to-charge ratio |
| MHA | Mueller-Hinton Agar |
| MHB | Mueller-Hinton Broth |
| MS | mass spectra |
| n.a. | not active |
| RI | retention index |
| Rt | retention time |
| SPE | solid-phase extraction |
| st | standard compound |
| tr | in traces |