| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| BHT | Butylated hydroxytoluene |
| DCM | Dichloromethane |
| DE | Diosgenin equivalents |
| DPPH | 2,2-Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl |
| GAE | Gallic acid equivalents |
| H2O2 | Hydrogen peroxide |
| IC50 | Concentration required to produce 50% inhibition |
| INT | p-Iodonitrotetrazolium violet |
| LP | Limpopo Province |
| MIC | Minimum inhibitory concentration |
| MP | Mpumalanga Province |
| QE | Quercetin equivalents |
| Rf | Retention factor |
| SANBI | South African National Biodiversity Institute |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| SMU | Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University |
| SMUREC | Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University Research Ethics Committee |
| TLC | Thin-layer chromatography |
| UV | Ultraviolet |