| EMEM | Earle minimal essential medium |
| PBS | Phosphate buffer saline |
| Bcl-2 | B-cell lymphoma 2 |
| Bax | Bcl-2 associated X protein |
| MTT | 3(4,5-dimethyl-thiazol-2-yl)2,5-diphenyl-tetrazolium bromide |
| LDH | Lactate dehydrogenase |
| Ac-DEVD-pNA | Acetyl-Asp-Glu-Val-Asp p-nitroanilide |
| HEPES | 1-piperazineethane sulfonic acid, 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-monosodium salt |
| CHAPS | 3[(3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio]-propanesulfonic acid |
| DTT | 1,4 dithio-dl-threitol |
| TUNEL | Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT)-mediated dUTP nick-end-labeling |
| DCFH-DA | 2′,7′-dichlorofluorescein diacetate |
| DCF | 2′,7′-dichlorofluorescein |
| GSH | Glutathione |
| DTNB | 5,5′-dithio-bis(2-nitrobenzoic acid) |
| TNB | 5′-thio-2-nitrobenzoic acid |
| Sa | Salvia aurea |
| Sj | Salvia judaica |
| Sv | Salvia viscose |