| AUC | area under the curve |
| CA | caftaric acid |
| CFU | colony-forming units |
| DW | dry weight |
| FW | fresh weight |
| GAE | gallic acid equivalents |
| HCA | hierarchical cluster analysis |
| HPLC-DAD | high-performance liquid chromatography with diode-array detection |
| K-glc | kaempferol-3-O-glucoside |
| K-glr | kaempferol-3-O-glucuronide |
| K-rut | kaempferol-3-O-rutinoside |
| LB | lysogeny broth |
| LOD | limit of detection |
| LOQ | limit of quantification |
| OD630 | optical density at 630 nm |
| Q-gal | quercetin-3-O-galactoside |
| Q-glc | quercetin-3-O-glucoside |
| Q-glr | quercetin-3-O-glucuronide |
| Q-rut | quercetin-3-O-rutinoside |
| RSD | relative standard deviation |
| TPC | total phenolic content |