| EOs | Essential oils |
| EO | Essential oil |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharides |
| DPPH | 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl |
| BCB | β-carotene bleaching |
| FRAP | Ferric-reducing antioxidant power |
| TBARS | Thiobarbituric acid-reactive species |
| FIC | Ferrous ion-chelating |
| BCLA | β-carotene-linoleic acid assay |
| AAI | Antioxidant activity index |
| TAC | Total antioxidant capacity |
| RAA | Relative antioxidant activity |
| TEAC | Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity |
| LAP | Linoleic acid peroxidation |
| DCFH | 2′,7′-dichloro-fluorescin-diacetate |
| BHA | Butylated hydroxyanisole |
| BHT | Butylated hydroxytoluene |
| AA | Ascorbic acid |
| Q | Quercetin |
| PG | propyl gallate |
| TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor-α |
| IL | Interleukin |
| DAO | Diamine oxidase |
| Ig | Immunoglobulin |
| ZO-1 | Zonula occludens-1 |
| NF-κB | Nuclear Factor Kappa B |
| BAX | Bcl-2 Associate X protein |
| TGF-β | Transforming growth factor beta |
| IFN | Interferon |
| GPx | Glutathione peroxidase |
| SOD | superoxide dismutase |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| FA | fatty acids |
| ADME | absorption distribution metabolism and excretion |
| IC50 | The half maximal inhibitory concentration |