| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| AIDS | Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome |
| HAART | Highly Active AntiRetroviral Therapy |
| OC | Oral Candidiasis |
| ARV | Antiretroviral |
| RT | Reverse Transcriptase |
| IN | Integrase |
| PR | Protease |
| PLWA | People Living With AIDS |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Colection |
| MRSA | Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| DSMZ | Leibniz Institute DSMZ |
| GmbH | German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures |
| NF-kB | Core Factor Kappa Beta |
| GCF | Gingival Crevicular Fluid |
| PI | Plaque Index |
| BPI | Bleeding on Probing Index |
| LC50 | Letal Concentration 50 |
| CFU | Colony Forming Units |
| MTCC | Microbial Type Culture Collection |
| TPT | Total Pomegranate Tannin |
| TEAC | Trolox Equivalent Antioxidant Capacity |
| VEGF | Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor |
| PARP | Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase |
| GSH | Glutathione |
| TGF-β | Transforming Growth Factor Beta |
| CK-19 | Cytokeratin-19 |
| PgTeL | Chitin-Binding Lectin |
| MICs | Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations |
| MFC | Minimum Fungicidal Concentration |
| NCPF | National Collection of Pathogenic Fungi |
| CBS | Fungal Biodiversity Centre |