| AA | Ascorbic acid |
| ADP | Adenosine diphosphate |
| AOX | Antioxidant |
| ATP | Adenosine triphosphate |
| BEOV | Bis(ethylmaltolato) oxidovanadium (IV) |
| Ca2+ | Calcium |
| Caco-2 | Colorectal adenocarcinoma cells |
| CAL-33 | Centre Antoine Lacassagne-33 |
| CAT | Catalase |
| CDDP | Cisplatin |
| CP | Cyclophosphamide |
| CsA | Cyclosporine A |
| Cu | Copper |
| CYP | Cytochrome P450 |
| Cyt | Cytochrome |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| ER | Endoplasmic reticulum |
| ERK | Extracellular signal-regulated kinase |
| FA | Fatty acids |
| Fe | Iron |
| GluVO | Glucose vanadate |
| GPx | Glutathione peroxidase |
| GR | Glutathione reductase |
| GSH | Glutathione |
| GST | Glutathione S-transferase |
| HeLa | Henrietta Lacks cell line |
| HOO· | Hydroperoxyl radical |
| HO· | Hydroxyl radical |
| H2O2 | Hydrogen peroxide |
| HPLC | High-performance liquid chromatography |
| i.p. | Intraperitoneal |
| i.v. | Intravenous |
| K+ | Potassium |
| LOOH | Lipid hydroperoxide |
| LOO· | Lipid peroxyl radical |
| L· | Lipid pentadienyl radical LPO |
| LPO | Lipid Peroxidation |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| MBOV | Macrocyclic binuclear oxovanadium complex |
| MEK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase ERK kinase |
| MDA | Malondialdehyde |
| MMTP | Membrane transition pore inhibitor |
| MV10 | Metformin-decavanadate |
| Na+ | Sodium cation |
| NADH | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide |
| NADPH | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate |
| NapVO | Naproxen vanadate |
| NaVO3 | Sodium metavanadate |
| NF-kB | Nuclear factor kappa B |
| NH4VO3 | Ammonium metavanadate |
| NH4+ | Ammonium |
| NMR | Nuclear magnetic resonance |
| NO· | Nitric oxide radical |
| NO3− | Peroxynitrite |
| O2.− | Superoxide radical |
| O2 | Molecular oxygen |
| Ox | Oxidizers |
| PβPL | Poly(β-propiolactone) |
| POMs | Polyoxometalate |
| PUFA | Polyunsaturated fatty acid |
| RAF | Rapidly accelerated fibrosarcoma |
| Ras | Rat sarcoma |
| RCR | Respiratory control ratio |
| RNS | Reactive nitrogen species |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| SOD | Superoxide dismutase |
| SOV | Sodium orthovanadate |
| STZ | Streptozotocin |
| TBA | Thiobarbituric acid |
| TBARS | Thiobarbituric acid reactivity |
| TSP | Trigonella graecum seed powder |
| UV | Ultraviolet |
| V | Vanadium |
| VIV | Vanadyl |
| VV | Vanadate |
| V1 | Monomeric vanadate |
| V10 | Decavanadate |
| VC-III | Vanadium(III)-L-cysteine complex |
| VC-IV | Oxovanadium(IV)-L-cysteine methyl ester |
| VO(acac)2 | Vanadyl acetylacetonate |
| VOcitrate | Vanadyl citrate |
| VOdipic | Vanadate dipicolinate |
| VOL | N(1)-2,4-dihydroxybenzylidene-N(4)-2-hydroxybenzylidene-S-methyl-thiosemicarbazidato-oxovanadium (IV) |
| VOSO4 | Vanadyl sulfate |
| 2-AAF | 2-Acetylaminofluorene |
| 4-HNE | 4-Hydroxy-2-nonenal |
| 4HDA | 4-Hydroxyalkenals |