| A. borbonica | Antirhea borbonica |
| A. triplinervis | Ayapana triplinervis |
| BBB | blood-brain barrier |
| BCA | bicinchoninic acid |
| BCECF-AM | 2′,7′-bis-(2-carboxyethyl)-5-(and-6)-carboxyfluorescein acetoxymethyl ester |
| BCRP | breast cancer resistance protein |
| bEnd3 | brain endothelial cells |
| COX | cyclooxygenase |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium |
| D. viscosa | Dodonaea viscosa |
| E-selectin | endothelial-leukocyte adhesion molecule |
| FITC | fluorescein isothiocyanate |
| GLUT-1 | glucose transporter type 1 |
| HBSS | Hanks’ balanced salt solution |
| HG | hyperglycemic condition |
| IκB | inhibitor protein of NFκB |
| IL | interleukin |
| iNOS | inducible nitric oxide synthase |
| MCP-1 | monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 |
| MMP | matrix metalloproteinase |
| NFκB | nuclear factor kappa B |
| NG | normoglycemic condition |
| Nrf2 | nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 |
| PBS | phosphate buffer saline |
| PPARγ | peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma |
| Pgp | P-glycoprotein |
| RPMI | Roswell park memorial institute medium |
| SEAP | secreted alkaline phosphatase |
| T. bentzoe | Terminalia bentzoe |
| TNF-α | tumor necrosis factor alpha |
| UPLC-ESI-MS-MS | ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry |
| ZO | zona occludens |