| HUA | Hyperuricemia |
| SUA | Serum uric acid |
| MSU | Monosodium urate |
| TCM | Traditional Chinese Medicine |
| CMMs | Chinese medicinal materials |
| XOD | Xanthine oxidase |
| ADA | Adenosine deaminase |
| HGPRT | Hypoxanthine–guanine phosphoribosyltransferase |
| PRPP | Phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate |
| URAT1 | Urate transporter 1 |
| GLUT9 | Glucose transporter 9 |
| ABCG2 | ATP-binding cassette subfamily G member 2 |
| OAT1 | Organic anion transporter 1 |
| OAT3 | Organic anion transporter 3 |
| NF-κB | Nuclear factor-κB |
| NLRP3 | NLR family pyrin domain-containing 3 |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| PI3K | Phosphoinositide 3-kinase |
| AKT | Protein kinase B |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| TLR4 | Toll-like receptor 4 |
| MyD88 | Myeloid differentiation primary response 88 |
| TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor-α |
| IL-1β | Interleukin-1β |
| IL-6 | Interleukin-6 |
| ASC | Apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a caspase recruitment domain |
| SCFAs | Short-chain fatty acids |
| F/B | Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes |
| ZO-1 | Zonula occludens-1 |