| 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 |
| Aβ | 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 |