| WEPs | Wild edible plants |
| MWEPs | Mediterranean wild edible plants |
| MIC | Minimum inhibitory concentration |
| MBC | Minimum bactericidal concentration |
| MFC | Minimal fungicidal concentration |
| ABR | Antibiotic bacterial resistance |
| EOs | Essential oils |
| TPCs | Total phenolic compounds |
| IC50 | 50% inhibitory concentration |
| EC50 | Amount of antioxidant necessary to decrease the initial DPPH absorbance by 50% |
| ppm | Parts per million |
| MSSA | Methicillin Sensitive S. aureus |
| MRSA | Methicillin Resistant S. aureus |
| ESKAPE | Acronym with six nosocomial pathogens that exhibit multidrug resistance: Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter spp. |