| AA | Ascorbic acid |
| ABTS | 2,2-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) |
| ADT | AutoDock Tools |
| AI | Activity index |
| ANOVA | Analysis of variance |
| B. subtilis | Bacillus subtilis |
| CFU | Colony-forming unit |
| DIZ | Diameter of inhibition zone |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| DPPH | 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl |
| E. coli | Escherichia coli |
| EC50 | Half-maximal effective concentration |
| EO | Essential oil |
| FCS | Fetal calf serum |
| FRAP | Ferric-reducing antioxidant power |
| GC-MS | Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry |
| IC50 | Half-maximal inhibitory concentration |
| Ki | Inhibition constant |
| LC50 | Half-maximal lethal concentration |
| M. luteus | Micrococcus luteus |
| MH | Mueller–Hinton |
| MIC | Minimal inhibitory concentration |
| MTT | 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide |
| P. aeruginosa | Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
| PDB | Protein Data Bank |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| RPMI | Roswell Park Memorial Institute |
| S. aureus | Staphylococcus aureus |
| S. enterica | Salmonella enterica |
| S. epidermidis | Staphylococcus epidermidis |
| S. nepeta | Satureja nepeta |
| TAC | Total antioxidant capacity |
| ΔGb | Binding free energy |