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. 2019 May 6;8(5):122. doi: 10.3390/antiox8050122
3T3-L1 Mouse adipocytes cells
26-M01 Murine aggressive colorectal cancer
A549 Human lung carcinoma
ABTS 2,2’-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid
AChE Acetylcholinesterase
AD Alzheimer disease
ADR Adriamycin
AML Acute myeloid leukemia
Amyloid-β
BALB/c Strain of laboratory mouse
Bax Bcl-2-associated X
Bcl-2 B-cell lymphoma 2
BV-2 Mouse microglia cells
b.w. Body weight
C57BL/6J Strain of laboratory mouse
CB Celecoxib
CHO Normal hamster cell line
CNS Central nervous system
COX-2 Cyclooxygenase 2
CRC Colorectal cancer
DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid
DPPH 1,1-Diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl
DPP-IV Dipeptidyl peptidase 4
FAK Focal adhesion kinase
FLIP FLICE-inhibitory protein
GBM Glioblastoma multiforme
GLP-1 Glucagon-like peptide 1
GSH Glutathione
GSR Glutathione reductase
GSSG Glutathione disulphide
H460 Human lung carcinoma
H9c2 Rat cardiomyoblasts
HaCaT Nontumorigenic human epidermal cells
HAT Hydrogen-atom transfer
HCT 116 Human colon cancer
HeLa Human cervical carcinoma
HEp-2 Human larynx epidermal carcinoma
HepG2 Human hepatocellular carcinoma
HL-60 Human acute promyelocytic leukemia
HO-1 Heme oxygenase-1
HUVEC Human umbilical vascular endothelial cells
IC50 Half maximal inhibitory concentration
IKK IκB kinase
IκB-α Inhibitory κB-α
IL-1 Interleukin 1
IL-1β Interleukin-1β
IL-1R Interleukin-1 receptor
IL-4 Interleukin 4
IL-6 Interleukin 6
IL-6R Interleukin 6 receptor
iNOS Inducible nitric oxide synthase
JAK Janus kinase
Jurkat Human acute T cell leukemia
K562 Human bone marrow chronic myelogenous leukemia
K562/A02 Human chronic myelogenous leukemia multidrug-resistant
KG1a Human acute monocytic leukemia
LPS Lipopolysaccharide
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MCP1 Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1
MDA Malondialdehyde
MDA-MB-231 Human breast adenocarcinoma
MDA-MB-453 Human breast metastatic carcinoma
MDA-MB-468 Human breast adenocarcinoma (ethnicity: black)
MMP Mitochondrial membrane potential
mRNA Messenger ribonucleic acid
NCI-H716 Human colorectal adenocarcinoma
NF-κB Nuclear factor kappa-B
NO Nitric oxide
NQO1 NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase-1
Nrf2 Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2
PANC-1 Human pancreatic epithelioid carcinoma
PGE2 Prostaglandin E2
PPARα Peroxisome proliferation-activated receptor α
RAW 264.7 Macrophage normal cell line
RNA Ribonucleic acid
ROS Reactive oxygen species
RNS Reactive nitrogen species
SET Single-electron transfer
SGC-7901 Gastric carcinoma
SH-SY5Y Human neuroblastoma
SI Selectivity index
SMT 2-methyl-2-thiopseudourea sulphate
SOD Superoxide dismutase
Src Steroid receptor coactivator
STAT Signal transducer and activator of transcription
STAT3 Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
SVG Normal human glial cell
TBI Traumatic brain injury
THP-1 Human acute monocytic leukemia
TLR Toll-like receptor
TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor α
TNFR Tumor necrosis factor receptor
TRAIL TNF-related apoptosis inducing ligand
U87 Human primary glioblastoma
U118 Human glioblastoma
U251 Human glioblastoma
U937 Human histiocytic lymohoma
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor
VEGFR2 Vascular endothelial growth factors receptor-2
XIAP X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein