| AHL | acylhomoserine lactone |
| AQS | anti-quorum sensing |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| DCM | Dichloromethane |
| DMSO | dimethyl sulfoxide |
| GRAS | Generally Regarded As Safe |
| HPTLC | high performance thin layer chromatography |
| I | Intermediate |
| INT | p-iodonitrotetrazolium violet |
| LB | Luria Bertani |
| LC-MS | liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry |
| MIC | minimum inhibitory concentration |
| NA | not active |
| PDA | photodiode array |
| prep-HPLC-MS | preparative high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry |
| QS | quorum sensing |
| R | Resistant |
| Rf | retardation factor |
| S | Susceptible |
| UHPLC-QToF-MS | ultra high performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole Time-of-Flight-mass spectrometry |
| USFDA | United States food and Drug Administration |