| 2D | Two-dimensional |
| BCRJ | Rio de Janeiro Cell Bank |
| CEPLAC | Executive Committee of the Cocoa Crop |
| CHAPS | 3-((3-Cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio)-1-propanesulfonate |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium |
| DTT | Dithiothreitol |
| ELISA | Enzyme linked immuno sorbent assay |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| HSP | Heat shock proteins |
| IL | Interleukin |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| MALDI-TOF | Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-Of-Flight |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| MW | Molecular weight |
| NCBI | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
| NO | Nitric oxide |
| PAGE | Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| PBS | Phosphate buffered saline |
| pI | Isoelectric point |
| SOD | Superoxide dismutase |
| SDS | Sodium dodecyl sulfate |
| TCA | Trichloroacetic acid |
| TNF | Tumor necrosis factor |
| UESC | State University of Santa Cruz |
| UPLC | Ultra performance liquid chromatography |