ACE	angiotensin-converting enzyme
Ang II	angiotensin II
ARE	antioxidant response element
ATR	angiotensin receptor
BHRs	borderline hypertensive rats
CAT	catalase
COVID-19	coronavirus disease
COX	cyclooxygenase
CVDs	cardiovascular diseases
DOCA	deoxycorticosterone acetate
EC	(−)-epicatechin
EDCFs	endothelium-derived contracting factors
eNOS	endothelial NO synthase activity
GPx	glutathione peroxidase
HO-1	hemoxygenase-1
HUVEC	human umbilical veins endothelial cells
IL	interleukin
IUPAC	International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
Keap1	Kelch-like ECH-associating protein 1
L-NAME	NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester
MAPK	mitogen-activated protein kinase
Mpro	main protease
NAD(P)H	nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
NEP	neutral endopeptidase
NF-κB	nuclear factor-κB
NLRP3	nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-, leucine-rich repeat- and pyrin domain-containing protein 3
NLRC4	neuronal apoptosis inhibitory protein (NAIP)/NLR family caspase activation and recruitment domain–containing protein 4
NO	nitric oxide
NODH	NO-deficient hypertension
eNOS	endothelial nitric oxide synthase
iNOS	inducible nitric oxide synthase
NOS	nitric oxide synthase
NOX	nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase
Nrf2	nuclear factor erythroid-2 related factor 2
PI3K/Akt/PKA	phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase/protein kinase B/protein kinase A
RAS	renin-angiotensin system
ROS	reactive oxygen species
SARS-CoV-2	severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2
SHRs	spontaneously hypertensive rats
SOD	superoxide dismutase
SNS	sympathetic nervous system
TNFα	tumor necrosis factor α
TX	(+)-taxifolin, (−)-taxifolin or their racemic mixture
XO	xanthine oxidase