| ADI | Acceptable Daily Intake |
| ANOVA | Analysis of variance |
| Asp | Aspartame |
| ATCC | American type culture collection |
| Ben | Sodium benzoate |
| BMD | Benchmark Dose |
| BMR | Benchmark Response |
| Cyc | Sodium cyclamate |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| EFSA | European Food Safety Authority |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| HCI | Live-cell high content imaging |
| IARC | International Agency for Research on Cancer |
| JECFA | Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives |
| LD | Lipid droplet |
| LDL | Low-Density Lipoprotein |
| MSA | Mean stain area |
| NAMs | New Approach Methodologies |
| PBS | Phosphate-buffered solution |
| PMA | Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate |
| P/S | Penicillin/Streptomycin |
| PPARγ | Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma |
| Sac | Sodium saccharin |
| SREBP | Sterol Regulatory Element-Binding Protein |
| Tar | Tartrazine |
| TG | Triglycerides |
| TGF-β | Transforming Growth Factor-β |
| 7AAD | 7-Aminoactinomycin D |