| APMA | 4-aminophenylmercuric acetate |
| BSA | Bovine serum albumin |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s minimal essential medium |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| ECM | Extracellular matrix |
| FA | Formic acid |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| LBE | Lemon balm extract |
| LC-PDA-MS | Liquid chromatography-photodiode array detection-mass spectrometry |
| MMPs | Matrix Metalloproteinases |
| MTT | (4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenylte-trazolium bromide |
| OI | Osteogenesis imperfecta |
| PBS | Phosphate-buffered saline |
| PDA | Photo-diode array |
| qRT-PCR | Quantitative Real-time PCR |
| RA | Rosmarinic acid |
| RE | Rosemary extract |
| RIPA | Radioimmunoprecipitation assay buffer |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| SDS | Sodium dodecyl sulfate |
| SDS-urea PAGE | SDS-urea polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| UV | Ultraviolet |
| UPW | Ultra pure water |