| ALAD | alpha amino levulinic dehydrogenase |
| APX | ascorbate peroxidase |
| BCIP | 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl phosphate |
| BSA | bovine serum albumin |
| CAD | cinnamic acid derivatives |
| CAT | catalase |
| CEF | cyclic electron flow |
| CS | cross section |
| Cu/ZnSOD | copper- and zinc-containing superoxide dismutase |
| Cu/ZnSODII | chloroplastic copper- and zinc-containing superoxide dismutase |
| DTT | dithiothreitol |
| DW | dry weight |
| EDTA | ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| ETR | electron transport rate |
| F-C | Folin–Ciocalteu |
| Fd | ferredoxin |
| FFW | ferredoxin |
| FQR | ferredoxin-plastoquinone oxidoreductase |
| GI | growth index |
| HPLC | high performance liquid chromatography |
| IFW | initial fresh weight |
| Lhcb1 | light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b binding protein |
| LHCII | light-harvesting complex of PSII |
| MDA | malondialdehyde |
| MEP | methyl eritrythol phosphate pathway |
| MnSOD | manganese superoxide dismutase |
| MQ | Milli-Q |
| MS | Murashige and Skoog medium |
| NADP+ | nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate |
| NADPH | reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate |
| NBT | nitro blue tetrazolium |
| NDH | NAD(P)H dehydrogenase complex |
| NPQ | non-photochemical quenching |
| OEC | oxygen evolving complex |
| PC | plastocyanin |
| PQ | plastoquinone |
| PsbA | Photosystem II reaction center protein A |
| PsbO | oxygen-evolving enhancer protein 1 |
| PSI | Photosystem I |
| PSII | Photosystem II |
| PTOX | terminal plastoquinone oxidase |
| PVPD | polyvinylidene fluoride membrane |
| PVPP | polyvinylpolypyrrolidone |
| RC | reaction center |
| RbcL | rubisco large subunit |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| Rubisco | ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase |
| SDS-PAGE | sodium dodecyl sulfate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| SOD | superoxide dismutase |
| TBA | thiobarbituric acid |
| TCA | trichloroacetic acid |
| TEM | transmission electron microscopy |
| THF | tetrahydrofuran |