| 3-DG | 3-Deoxyglucosone |
| ABA | Abscisic acid |
| AGEs | Advanced glycation end products |
| Akt | RAC-alpha serine/threonine-protein kinase |
| AL | Nε-(acetyl)lysine |
| AP-1 | Activator protein 1 |
| AU | Arbitrary units |
| CEA | Nδ-(carboxyethyl)arginine |
| CEL | Nε-(carboxyethyl)lysine |
| CMA | Nδ-(carboxymethyl)arginine |
| CML | Nε-(carboxymethyl)lysine |
| CREB | cAMP response element-binding protein |
| DCM | Dichloromethane |
| DHA | Dehydroascorbic acid |
| DMEM:F12 | Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium:Ham’s F12 medium |
| EDTA | Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| EI | Electron ionization |
| ERK | Extracellular signal-regulated kinases |
| ESI | Electrospray ionization |
| FADD | Fas-associated protein with death domain |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| FL | Nε-(formyl)lysine |
| FDR | False discovery rate |
| GC-MS | Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry |
| GMD | Golm Metabolome Database |
| GO | Glyoxal |
| HCA | Hierarchical cluster analysis |
| HMDB | Human Metabolome Database |
| IκB | Nuclear factor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells inhibitor |
| IKK α/β | Inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B kinase subunits alpha/beta |
| IP-RP-UHPLC | Ion pair reversed phase-ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography |
| JAK | Janus kinase |
| JNK | c-Jun N-terminal kinases |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| LL | Nε-(lactoyl)lysine |
| LRWC | Leaf relative water content |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| MDA | Malondialdehyde |
| MES | 2-(N-morpholino)ethansulfonic acid |
| MFI | Median fluorescent intensity |
| MG-H1 | Methylglyoxal-derived hydroimidazolone 1, Nδ-(5-hydro-5-methyl-4-imidazolon-2-yl)ornithine |
| MG-H3 | Methyl lyoxal-derived hydroimidazolone 3, Nδ-(2-hydro-5-methyl-4-imidazolon-2-yl)ornithine |
| MGO | Methylglyoxal |
| MOA | Methoxyamine hydrochloride |
| MRM | Multiple reaction monitoring |
| MSTFA | N-methyl-N-(trimethylsilyl)trifluoroacetamide |
| mTOR | Mammalian target of rapamycin |
| NF-κB | Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| p70S6K | Ribosomal protein S6 kinase |
| PBS | Phosphate buffered saline |
| PEG | Polyethylene glycol |
| PI3K | Phosphoinositide 3-kinases |
| PMSF | Phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride |
| PLS-DA | Partial least squares discriminant analysis |
| PS II | Photosystem II |
| PVDF | Polyvinylidene fluoride |
| QqQ | Triple quadrupole |
| RAGE | Receptors for advanced glycation end-products |
| RSD | Relative standard deviation |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| SC | Stomatal conductivity |
| SDS | Sodium dodecyl sulfate |
| SDS-PAGE | Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in sodium dodecyl sulfate |
| SPE | Solid phase extraction |
| STAT | Signal transducer and activator of transcription |
| SWATH | Sequential window acquisition of all theoretical mass spectra |
| TBA | Thiobarbituric acid |
| TNFR1 | Tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 |
| XIC | Extracted ion chromatograms |