| ADP | Adenosine diphosphate |
| ATP | adenosine triphosphate |
| ANOVA | analysis of variance |
| CVD | cardiovascular disease |
| cDNA | complementary deoxyribonucleic acid |
| C t | cycle threshold |
| DMSO | dimethyl sulfoxide |
| eNOS | endothelial nitric oxide synthase |
| CD73 | ecto-5′-nucleotidase |
| CD39 | ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 1 |
| HO1 | eNOS heme oxygenase 1 |
| HUVECs | human umbilical vein endothelial cells |
| H2O2 | hydrogen peroxide |
| ICAM1 | intercellular adhesion molecule 1 |
| NOX4 | nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase 4 |
| NQO1 | nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate: quinone oxidoreductase 1 |
| Nrf2 | nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 |
| PBS | phosphate buffered saline |
| qPCR | quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| RNA | ribonucleic acid |
| RB | rice bran |
| SEM | standard error of the mean |
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