| ALI | Acute lung injury |
| AP-1 | Activator protein-1 |
| BALF | Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid |
| CCK8 | Cell Counting Kit-8 |
| CCL2 | C-C motif chemokine ligand 2 |
| DMSO | Dimethyl Sulfoxide |
| DPPH | 2,2-Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl |
| ELISA | Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay |
| ERK | Extracellular signal-regulated kinase |
| HPLC | High-Performance Liquid Chromatography |
| IC50 | Half-maximal inhibitory concentration |
| IgM | Immunoglobulin M |
| IKKβ | Inhibitor of kappa B kinase bate |
| IL-1β | Interleukin-1 beta |
| IL-6 | Interleukin-6 |
| iNOS | Inducible nitric oxide synthase |
| IκBα | Inhibitor of κB alpha |
| JNK | c-jun N-terminal kinase |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| MAPKs | Mitogen-activated protein kinases |
| MPM | Mouse peritoneal macrophage |
| mtROS | Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species |
| MyD88 | Myeloid differentiation primary response 88 |
| NADPH | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate |
| NF-κB | Nuclear Factor Kappa-B |
| NHS | Normal human serum |
| NO | Nitric oxide |
| NOX | NADPH oxidase |
| P38 | p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| PAMP | Pathogen-associated molecular pattern |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| TCE | Ethanol extract of T. chinensis |
| TLR4 | Toll-like receptor 4 |
| TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor alpha |