| 2-AAF | 2-Acetylaminofluorene |
| 4NQO | 4-nitroquinoline-N-oxide |
| 6-OHDA | 6-Hydroxydopamine |
| AChE | Acetylcholinesterase |
| AFB1 | Aflatoxin B1 |
| AKT | Serine/threonine protein kinase |
| ALP | Alkaline phosphatase |
| apoM | Apolipoprotein M |
| b.w. | Bodyweight |
| B16-F10 | Murine melanoma cell line |
| Bcl-2 | B-cell lymphoma 2 |
| BER | Berberine |
| BMSCs | Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells |
| C2C12 | Mouse myoblast cell line |
| CA | Caffeic acid |
| CaCo-2 | Human colon cancer cell line |
| CD203c | Basophil-specific ectoenzyme E-NPP3 |
| CD63 | Tetraspan transmembrane protein family |
| CES | Carboxylesterase |
| CIN | Chromosomal instability |
| CLS | Chronologic life span |
| CYN | Cynarin |
| CYP | Cytochrome P450 |
| CYP1A2 | Cytochrome P450 1A2 |
| DAI | Daidzein |
| ER | Estrogen receptor |
| ERK | Extracellular signal-regulated kinase protein-serine/threonine kinase |
| fMLP | Bacterial formyl peptide N-formylmethionine-leucine-phenylalanine |
| FSF-1 | Human skin fibroblasts |
| GEN | Genistein |
| GIR | Genotoxic inhibition rate |
| GPx | Glutathione peroxidase |
| GSH | Reduced glutathione |
| GSSG | Oxidized glutathione |
| GST | Glutathione S-transferase |
| HCT-116 | Colon carcinoma cell lines |
| HepG2 | Human liver cancer cell line |
| HHL-5 | Human normal liver cell line |
| HO-1 | Heme oxygenase-1 |
| Hsp70 | 70 kDa heat shock protein |
| HT-29 | Colon carcinoma cell lines |
| hTERT-MSC | Human normal telomerase-immortalized mesenchymal stem cells |
| HUVEC | Human umbilical vein endothelial cell line |
| ISL | Isoliquiritigenin |
| Jurkat T-CLL | Jurkat T-cell lymphocyte leukemia cells |
| K+ -p-NPPase activity | K+ -p- nitrophenylphosphatase |
| K562 | Immortalized cell line derived from human leukemia |
| KS483 | Murine osteoprogenitor cell line |
| LC3-II | Microtubule-associated protein 2 light chain 3 |
| LNCaP | Androgen-sensitive human prostate adenocarcinoma cell line |
| LoVo | Human colon adenocarcinoma cell line |
| LS-174 | Human colon cancer cell line |
| LVDP | Left ventricular developed pressure |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| MCF-7 | Human breast adenocarcinoma cell line |
| MDA-MB-231, MDA-MB-468, MCF-7MCF-7 | Human breast carcinoma cell lines |
| MeIQ | 2-amino-3,4-dimethylimidazo [4,5-f]quinoline |
| MG-63 | Human osteoblast-like cells |
| MMPs | matrix metalloproteinases |
| MN | Markers micronuclei |
| MSCs | Mesenchymal stem cell line |
| NHDF | Neonatal normal human dermal fibroblasts |
| NHEK | Neonatal normal human epidermal keratinocytes |
| NK | Human natural killer cells |
| NPB | Nucleoplasmic bridge |
| NPCs | Neural progenitor cells; ODC - ornithine decarboxylase |
| OGD | Oxygen-glucose deprivation |
| pBMEC | Primary bovine mammary epithelial cells |
| PC-12 | Phaeochromocytoma cell line |
| PC-3 | Human prostatic carcinoma cell line |
| PCNA | Proliferating cell nuclear antigen |
| PGE2 | Prostaglandin E2 |
| PI3K | Phosphoinositide 3-kinase |
| PKC | Protein kinase C |
| PMA | Phorbol myristate acetate |
| PPARγ | Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ |
| PTS | Panaxatriol saponins |
| PVC | Pericytes |
| QER | Quercetin |
| RA | Rosmarinic acid |
| RAW 264.7 | Murine macrophage cell line |
| RES | Resveratrol |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| RWPE-1 | Nontumorigenic human prostate epithelial cells |
| SCC-25 | Oral squamous carcinoma cell line |
| SFN | Sulforaphane |
| SKN-1 | Transcription factor skinhead-1 |
| SOX2 | Transcription factor (sex determining region Y-box 2 |
| T24 | Bladder cancer cell line |
| T-47D, T | Human breast cancer cell lines |
| TIMP-2 | Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-2 |
| TRAMP-FVB | Transgenic adenocarcinoma of mouse prostate model |
| UtLM | Human uterine leiomyoma |
| UtSMCs | Uterine smooth muscle cells |