| d.p.f. | days post-fertilization |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s modified eagle medium |
| HCD | high-cholesterol diet |
| MSSF | mycelia solid-state fermentation |
| ORO | oil red O |
| oxLDL | oxidized low density lipoprotein |
| OD | optical density |
| PEPE | polysaccharides from P. eryngii fruiting bodies |
| PESF | polysaccharides from P. eryngii mycelia solid-state fermentation |
| SD | standard deviation |