| A2780 | Human ovarian carcinoma cell line |
| A549 | Adenocarcinomic human alveolar basal epithelial cell line |
| Aβ | Amyloid-beta peptides |
| ABTS | 2, 2′-Azino-bis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid) |
| ACC | Acetyl-CoA carboxylase |
| ACE | Angiotensin-I converting enzyme |
| AChE | Acetylcholinesterase |
| ACh | Acetylcholine |
| ACSL1 | Adipose acyl-CoA synthetase 1 |
| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| A-FABP | Adipocyte fatty acid binding protein |
| AGEs | Advanced glycation end-products |
| AIDS | Acquired immunedeficiency syndrome |
| Akt | Protein kinase B |
| AMPK | AMP-activated protein kinase |
| ASE | Ascorbic acid equivalents |
| ATF3 | Transcription factor 3 |
| B16F10 | Murine melanoma cell line |
| BACE-1 | Beta-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme 1 |
| BCBM | β-Carotene bleaching |
| BChE | Butyrylcholinesterases |
| BDNF | Brain-derived neurotrophic factor |
| BT549 | Human triple negative breast cancer cell line |
| C2C12 | Mouse myoblast cell line |
| C8166 | Human cancer cell line |
| CA | Chelating ability |
| CAA | Antioxidant assay for cellular antioxidant activity |
| CAT | Catalase |
| CEM-SS | Human lymphoblastic leukemia cell line |
| CLPAA | Cellular lipid peroxidation antioxidant activity assay |
| COSY | Homonuclear correlation spectroscopy |
| GC–MS | Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry |
| Glut4 | Glucose transporter 4 |
| C/EBPα | CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein alpha |
| COX-2 | Cyclooxygenase-2 |
| CPT1A | Carnitine palmitoyltransferase I |
| CVD | Cardiovascular disease |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DPPH | 2,2-Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl |
| E1-6 | Human Jurkat clone cell line |
| EA.hy926 | Human umbilical vein endothelial cell line |
| ERK | Extracellular signal-regulated kinase |
| FABP4 | Fatty acid binding protein 4 |
| FAS | Fatty acid synthase |
| FATP1 | Fatty acid transport protein-1 |
| FemX | Human malignant melanoma cell line |
| FFAs | Free fatty acids |
| FRAP | Ferric reducing antioxidant power |
| GAE | Gallic acid equivalents |
| Glut4 | Glucose transporter 4 |
| GPx | Glutathione peroxidase |
| GR | Glutathione reductase |
| GSK3β | Glycogen synthase kinase 3β |
| H157 | Human oral squamous cell carcinoma cell line |
| H9 | Human embryonic stem cell line |
| HCT-15 | Human colon adenocarcinoma cell line |
| HCT-116 | Human colon cancer cell line |
| HDL-C | HDL-cholesterol |
| HeLa | Human cervical cervix cancer cell line |
| HepG2 | Human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line |
| HIV-1 | Human immunodeficiency virus-1 |
| HMGCoA | 3-Hydroxyl-methyl glutaryl coenzyme A |
| HPLC–DAD–ESI/MS | High performance liquid chromatography–Diode array–Electrospray ionization–Mass spectrometry |
| HSQC | Heteronuclear single-quantum coherence spectroscopy |
| HT-22 | Mouse hippocampal neuronal cell line |
| HT29 | Human colon adenocarcinoma cell line |
| HUVEC | Human umbilical vein endothelia cells |
| IL | Interleukin |
| Ins-1 | Rat insulinoma cell line |
| IR | Infrared spectroscopy |
| IRS1 | Insulin receptor substrate 1 |
| JNKs | c-Jun N-terminal kinases |
| K562 | Human myelogenous leukemia cell line |
| L6 | Rat skeletal myoblast cell |
| L929 | Mouse fibroblasts cell line |
| LC–ESI–MS/MS | Liquid chromatography–Electrospray ionization–tandem Mass spectrometry |
| LDL-C | LDL-cholesterol |
| LMW | Low molecular weight |
| LoVo | Human colon cancer cell line derived from supraclavicular lymph node metastasis |
| LPIA | Lipid peroxidation inhibition assay |
| LS174 | Human colon adenocarcinoma cell line |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| MC3T3-E1 | Mouse osteoblastic cell line |
| MetS | Metabolic syndrome |
| MMPs | Matrix metalloproteinase |
| MNNG | Human osteosarcoma cell line |
| NBT | Superoxide anion scavenging test |
| MCF-7 | Human breast adenocarcinoma cell line |
| MDA-MB-231 | Human breast adenocarcinoma cell line |
| MIC | Minimum inhibitory concentration |
| NFkB | Nuclear factor kappa B |
| NMR | Nuclear magnetic resonance |
| Neuro 2A | Mouse neuroblastoma cell line |
| NO | Nitric oxide |
| NOESY | Nuclear overhauser spectroscopy |
| iNOS | Inducible nitric oxide synthase |
| ORAC | Oxygen radical absorbance capacity |
| PANC-1 | Human pancreatic carcinoma cell line |
| Panc89 | Human pancreatic carcinoma cell line |
| PancTU1 | Human pancreatic carcinoma cell line |
| PC12 | Rat neuronal cell line |
| PC3 | Human prostate cancer cell line |
| PCNA | Proliferating cell nuclear antigen |
| PGE2 | Prostaglandin E2 |
| PGU | Phloroglucinol units |
| PI3K | Phosphoinositide 3-kinase |
| PPARγ | Proliferator activated receptor gamma |
| PTP1B | Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B |
| RAGE | Receptor for advanced glycation end-products |
| RAW 264.7 | Murine macrophage cell line |
| RINm5F | Rat insulinoma cell line (pancreatic β-cells) |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| RP | Reducing power |
| RRLC-ESI-MS | Rapid resolution liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry detection with negative ion electrospray ionization |
| RT | Reverse transcriptase |
| SaOS-2 | Human osteosarcoma cell line |
| SKBR3 | Human breast cancer cell line |
| SK-N-SH | Human neuroblastoma cell line |
| SKOV3 | Human ovarian carcinoma cell line |
| SOD | Superoxide dismutase |
| SREBP1 | Sterol regulatory element binding protein 1 |
| SREBP-1c | Sterol regulatory element binding protein -1c |
| SRSA | Superoxide radical scavenging assay |
| STZ | Streptozotocin |
| SW480 | Human colon cancer cell line |
| 3T3-L1 | Mouse adipocyte cell line |
| T2DM | Type 2 diabetes mellitus |
| TAA | Total antioxidant capacity |
| TBARs | Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances |
| TC | Total cholesterol |
| TEAC | Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity |
| TG | Triglycerides |
| TLR | Toll-like receptor |
| TNFα | Tumor necrosis factor alpha |
| TOCSY | Total correlation spectroscopy |
| UCP-1 | Uncoupling protein 1 |
| UPLC | Ultra-performance liquid chromatography |
| UPLC–ESI–QTOF/MS | Ultra-performance liquid chromatography–Electrospray ionization–Quadrupole-time-of-flight high definition–Mass spectrometry |
| UPLC–MS | Ultra-performance liquid chromatography–Mass spectrometry |
| UPLC–MS/MS–TIC | Ultra-performance liquid chromatography–tandem Mass spectrometry–Total ion chromatogram |
| VEGF | Vascular endothelial growth factor |
| VERO | Green monkey kidney cell line |
| VSMC | Human vascular smooth muscle cell line |