| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| Aβ | β-amyloid |
| cAMP | cyclic adenosine monophosphate |
| COX-2 | cyclooxygenase-2 |
| DPZ | donepezil hydrochloride |
| EGCG | epigallocatechin gallate |
| GWE | Gastrodia elata Blume water extract |
| HESI | heated electrospray ionization source |
| hpf | hours post-fertilization |
| iNOS | inducible nitric oxide synthase |
| LPS | lipopolysaccharide |
| MTT | methylthiazolyldiphenyl-tetrazolium bromide |
| NF-κB | nuclear factor-κB |
| NO | nitric oxide |
| PBS | phosphate-buffered saline |
| PDE4B | phosphodiesterase 4B |
| PGE2 | prostaglandin E2 |
| PI | propidium iodide |
| PKA | protein kinase A |
| PMSF | phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| SDS-PAGE | sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| SMT | S-methylisothiourea |
| UHPLC | ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography |
| UPLC-ESI-Q-Orbitrap MS | ultra-performance liquid chromatograph coupled with electrospray ionization quadrupole Orbitrap mass spectrometry |