| ALAD | alpha amino levulinic dehydrogenase |
| APX | ascorbate peroxidase |
| ATR-FTIR | attenuated total reflectance—Fourier-transform infrared |
| BCIP | 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl phosphate |
| BN-PAGE | blue-native polyacrilamide gel electrophoresis |
| BSA | bovine serum albumin |
| CAT | catalase |
| CET | cyclic electron transport |
| CS | cross section |
| DW | dry weight |
| EDTA | ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| FRAP | ferric reducing antioxidant power |
| LET | linear electron transport |
| Lhca1-3 | Photosystem I type light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b binding proteins |
| Lhcb1-3 | Photosystem II light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b binding proteins |
| LHCI | Light-harvesting complex of PSI |
| LHCII | Light-harvesting complex of PSII |
| MDA | malondialdehyde |
| NADPH | reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate |
| NBT | nitro blue tetrazolium |
| NDH | NAD(P)H dehydrogenase complex |
| ODAP | β-N-oxalyl-L-α,β-diamino propionic acid |
| OEC | oxygen evolving complex |
| PAR | photosynthetic active radiation |
| PC | plastocyanin |
| PME | pectin methyl esterase |
| PQ | plastoquinone |
| PetA, C, D | Protein subunits of cytochrome b6f complex |
| PsaA, B | core proteins of photosystem I |
| PsaD, E, F, L | Protein subunits of photosystem I |
| PsbA, D | Photosystem II reaction center protein D1 and D2 |
| PsbB | CP47 protein of photosystem II |
| PsbC | CP43 protein of photosystem II |
| PsbS | Lhc-like PSII protein |
| PsbO | oxygen-evolving enhancer protein 1 |
| PSI | Photosystem I |
| PSII | Photosystem II |
| PTOX | terminal plastoquinone oxidase |
| 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 |
| TBA | thiobarbituric acid |
| TCA | trichloroacetic acid |