AIR	alcohol-insoluble residue
ANOVA	analysis of variance
AtVTE2	Arabidopsis thaliana VTE2, encoding homogentisate phytyltransferase
BSTFA	N,O-bis(trimethylsilyl)trifluoroacetamide
CaMV 35S	cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter
CDTA	trans-1,2-diaminocyclohexane-N,N,N′,N′-tetraacetic acid
CSF	CDTA-soluble fraction
DMAPP	dimethylallyl diphosphate
DPPH	2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl
DXPR	1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate reductoisomerase
DXPS	1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate synthase
FRAP	Ferric-reducing antioxidant power
FT-IR	Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy
GC–MS	gas chromatography–mass spectrometry
HMGR	3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase
HMGS	3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase
HPT	homogentisate phytyltransferase
HPT1	homogentisate phytyltransferase 1
IDI	isopentenyl-diphosphate isomerase
IPP	isopentenyl diphosphate
MEP	2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate pathway
MS	Murashige and Skoog medium
MVA	mevalonate pathway
NSF	Na2CO3-soluble fraction
OCS	octopine synthase terminator
PDA	photodiode-array detector
PDS	phytoene desaturase
PPM	Plant Preservative Mixture
PSY	phytoene synthase
RQ	relative quantity
RT-qPCR	reverse-transcription quantitative real-time PCR
SD	standard deviation
TC	tocopherol cyclase
TMCS	trimethylchlorosilane
TPTZ	2,4,6-tripyridyl-s-triazine
UPLC	ultra-performance liquid chromatography
UPLC–PDA	ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with photodiode-array detection
UPLC–PDA–MS	ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with photodiode-array and mass-spectrometric detection
VTE1	tocopherol cyclase
VTE2	homogentisate phytyltransferase
VTE4/γ-TMT	γ-tocopherol methyltransferase
WSF	water-soluble fraction
ZDS	ζ-carotene desaturase