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. 2020 Sep 30;18(10):501. doi: 10.3390/md18100501
A2780 Human ovarian carcinoma cell line
A549 Adenocarcinomic human alveolar basal epithelial cell line
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