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. 2026 Jun 15;27(12):5393. doi: 10.3390/ijms27125393
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