5-FU	5-fluorouracil
Ago	agomelatine
ALT	alanine transaminase
ARE	anti-oxidant-response element
BMAL	brain and muscle ARNT-like
Clock	circadian locomotor cycles kaput
CRC	colorectal cancer
Cry	cryptocrome
CSCs	cancer stem cells
Cul3	cullin 3
Keap1	kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1
Mel	melatonin
MESOR	midline estimating statistic of rhythm
MT	melatonin receptor
NAD	nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
Nr1d2	nuclear receptor subfamily 1 group D member 2
Nrf2	nuclear factor erythroid 2 related factor-2
Per	period
PR	percentage of rhythm
Prx-1	peroxiredoxin-1
RORα	RAR-related orphan receptor alpha
SIRT1	sirtuin 1
TTFL	transcription–translation feedback loops.