Generic
ATCC	American Type Culture Collection
B	brown algae (Phaeophyta)
BAA	Asian Bacterial Bank
CLSI	Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute
CFU	Colony Formation Unix
CMCC	China Medical Culture Collection Center
DSM	Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen
f	fraction
G	green algae (Chlorophyta)
FRAP	Ferric Antioxidant Power
MBC	minimal bactericide concentration
MIC	minimal inhibition concentration
MRSA	methicillin-resistant S. aureus
MTCC	Microbial Type Culture Collection and Gene Bank
NCIMB	National Collection of Industrial, Food and Marine Bacteria
nd	not determined
nt	not tested
NI	no Inhibition
PLA	Polylactic acid
PTCC	Persian Type Culture Collection
GMP	good manufacturing practices
HACCP	Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point
I	intermediate 15–19 mm
IC50	Half maximal inhibitory concentration
RCM	The Republic Collection of Microogrganisms
Re	resistant ≤ 14 mm
SSOP	sanitation standard operating procedure
R	red algae (Rhodophyta)
S	susceptible ≥ 20 mm
Compounds
ABTS	2,2′-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid)
AcO	acetone
n-BuOH	butanol
ClHx	ciclohexane
CHCl3	chloroform
CO2	carbon dioxide
DCM	dichloromethane
DMSO	dimethilsulfoxide
DIEt	diethyl ether
DPPH	1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl hydrazyl
EtAc	ethylacetate
EtOAc	ethyl ethanoate
EtOH	ethanol
Hex	hexane
H2O	water
MeOH	methanol
n-Hex	n-hexane
PeEt	petroleum ether
PUFA	poly-unsaturated fatty acids
PolySA	polysaccharides agar