| DES | deep eutectic solvents |
| UAE | ultrasound-assisted extraction |
| DES-UAE | deep eutectic solvent-based ultrasound-assisted extraction |
| HBA | hydrogen bond acceptor |
| HBD | hydrogen bond donor |
| ChCl | choline chloride |
| ChCl/Urea | choline chloride/urea |
| ChCl/Lac | choline chloride/lactic acid |
| ChCl/Oxa | choline chloride/oxalic acid |
| Gly/Gla/H2O | glycerin/glucose/water |
| Gly/Thr/H2O | glycerin/threonine/water |
| Ace/Lac | acetamide/lactic acid |
| ChCl/EGly | choline chloride/glycol |
| ChCl/But | choline chloride/1,3-butanediol |
| ChCl/D-Sor | choline chloride/sorbitol |
| ChCl/But/D-Sor | choline chloride/1,3-butanediol/sorbitol |
| FT-IR | Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy |
| TGA | thermogravimetric analysis |
| HPGPC-dRI | high-performance gel permeation chromatography coupled with differential refractive index detection |
| HPLC | high-performance liquid chromatography |
| PMP | 1-phenyl-3-methyl-5-pyrazolone |
| DAD | diode array detector |
| TFA | trifluoroacetic acid |
| RNAi | RNA interference |
| qPCR | quantitative real-time PCR |
| cDNA | complementary DNA |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| H2DCFDA | 2′,7′-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate |
| IIS | insulin/IGF-1 signaling |
| IGF-1 | insulin-like growth factor 1 |
| SKN-1 | skinhead-1 |
| Nrf | nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor |
| DAF-16 | abnormal dauer formation protein 16 |
| FOXO | forkhead box O |
| SOD | superoxide dismutase |
| GST | glutathione S-transferase |
| CTL | catalase |