| 2,4-D | 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid |
| AA | Ascorbic acid |
| ABTS | 2,2′-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) |
| AI | Artificial intelligence |
| AMBR | Automated micro-bioreactor system |
| ATR-FTIR | Attenuated total reflectance–Fourier transform infrared |
| AtUGD1 | Arabidopsis thaliana UDP-glucose dehydrogenase 1 |
| BAP | 6-Benzylaminopurine |
| BY-2 | Bright Yellow 2 (Nicotiana tabacum cell line) |
| db-cAMP | Dibutyryl cyclic adenosine monophosphate |
| CH and CHN | Chenopodium rubrum cell lines |
| C.I. | Color index |
| CIM | Callus induction medium |
| COX-2 | Cyclooxygenase-2 |
| cyclo-DOPA | Cyclo-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine |
| CYP76AD | Cytochrome P450 family 76 subfamily AD |
| DAD | Diode array detector |
| DE | Dry extract |
| DI-IM-MS | Direct infusion–ion mobility–mass spectrometry |
| DM | Dry mass |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| DODA | DOPA 4,5-dioxygenase |
| DoE | Design of experiments |
| L-DOPA | 3,4-Dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine |
| DPPH | 2,2-Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl |
| DT | Dry tissue |
| DW | Dry weight |
| E123/E162 | EU “E-number” of food colorants: E123, Amaranth synthetic azo dye; E162, Beetroot Red/betanin-rich beetroot extract |
| EC50 | Half-maximal effective concentration |
| EDTA | Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| ESI | Electrospray ionization |
| EU | European Union |
| FDA | U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
| FM | Fresh mass |
| FTIR | Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy |
| FW | Fresh weight |
| GA3 | Gibberellic acid |
| GA–DELLA | Gibberellin–DELLA signaling pathway |
| GlcAT/GlcATs | Glucuronosyltransferase(s) |
| H9c2 | Rat cardiomyoblast cell line |
| HIV-1 | Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 |
| HPLC | High-performance liquid chromatography |
| HSCCC | High-speed counter-current chromatography |
| IAA | Indole-3-acetic acid |
| IC50 | Half-maximal inhibitory concentration |
| IL-6 | Interleukin-6 (cytokine) |
| iNOS | Inducible nitric oxide synthase (enzyme) |
| IP-HSCCC | Ion-pair high-speed counter-current chromatography |
| LC | Liquid chromatography |
| LC-MS/MS | Liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry |
| LED | Light-emitting diode |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| LS | Linsmaier and Skoog plant tissue culture medium (1965) |
| LTQ-Orbitrap Elite MS | Linear trap quadrupole–Orbitrap Elite mass spectrometer |
| MALDI-QIT-TOF MS | Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization quadrupole ion trap time-of-flight mass spectrometry |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| MAPK/NF-κB | Mitogen-activated protein kinase/Nuclear Factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (signaling pathways) |
| MeOH/EtOH/H2O | Methanol/Ethanol/Water |
| MM | minimal/mineral medium |
| MS | Mass spectrometry/Murashige and Skoog plant tissue culture medium (1962)—context-dependent |
| NAA | 1-Naphthaleneacetic acid |
| NF-κB | Nuclear Factor kappa-B |
| n.g. | Not given |
| NMR | Nuclear magnetic resonance |
| OxHLIA | Oxidative hemolysis inhibition assay |
| pABA | p-aminobenzoic acid |
| PAD or PDA | Photodiode array detector |
| PGE2 | Prostaglandin E2 |
| PLE | Pressurized liquid extraction |
| QTOF | Quadrupole time-of-flight (mass spectrometer) |
| RAW264.7 | Murine macrophage cell line |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| RSM | Response surface methodology |
| RUBY | Betalain-based visible reporter system |
| SCC | Suspension cell culture |
| SPE | Solid-phase extraction |
| TDZ | Thidiazuron |
| TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor alpha |
| TOF/Q-TOF MS | Time-of-flight/quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry |
| UDP | Uridine diphosphate |
| UHPLC | Ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography |
| UV–Vis | Ultraviolet–visible |
| WAX | Weak anion exchange |