| ABTS | 2,2′-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid) |
| ACE | Acarbose equivalents |
| AChE | acetylcholinesterase |
| AcOEt | Ethyl acetate |
| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| ATCI | Acetylthiocholine iodide |
| BChE | Butyrylcholinesterase |
| BTCI | Butyrylthiocholine chloride |
| CECC | Carnosine Equivalent Iron Chelation Capacity |
| ChE | Cholinesterase |
| 13C-NMR | Carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance |
| CUPRAC | Cupric ion reducing antioxidant capacity |
| DPPH | 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl |
| DTNB | 5,5-dithio-bis(2-nitrobenzoic acid) |
| EDTA | Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid |
| EECC | EDTA Equivalent Iron Chelation Capacity |
| EGT | L-ergothioneine |
| EtOH | Ethanol |
| FRAP | Ferric reducing ability of plasma |
| GALAE | Galantamine equivalents |
| GSH | Gluthatione |
| HAT | Hydrogen atom transfer |
| 1H-NMR | Proton nuclear magnetic resonance |
| KAE | Kojic acid |
| L-DOPA | Levo-dihydroxy-phenylalanine |
| LPA | Lipid peroxidation assay |
| NEAC | Non enzymatic antioxidant capacity |
| ORAC | Oxygen radical absorbance capacity |
| OS | Oxidative strees |
| PM | Phosphomolybdenum |
| PNPG | p-nitrophenol-alfa-D-glucopyranoside |
| RNS | Reactive nitrogen species |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| SET | Single electron transfer |
| TAC | Total anti-oxidant capacity |
| Tau | Taurine |
| T2D | type 2 diabetes |
| TEAC | Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity |
| TLC | Thin layer chromatography |
| TPTZ | 2,4,6-tris(2-pyridyl)-S-triazine |
| TRAP | Total radical trapping antioxidant parameter |