| AJHW | Alnus japonica Hot Water Extract |
| AJ | Alnus japonica |
| EtOH | Ethanol |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| AAS | Anabolic Androgenic Steroids |
| HPLC | High Performance Liquid Chromatography |
| TLC | Thin -Layer Chromatography |
| LC-MS/MS | Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry |
| h | Hour |
| RT-PCR | Real -Time Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| GAPDH | Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate Dehydrogenase |
| QF | Quadriceps Femoris |
| GA | Gastrocnemius |
| SOL | Soleus |
| EDL | Extensor Digitorum Longus |
| TA | Tibialis Anterior |
| CSA | Cross Sectional Area |
| PARP | Poly (ADP-ribose) Polymerase |
| Bcl-2 | B-cell Lymphoma-2 |
| Bax | Bcl-2-associated X protein |
| Akt | Protein Kinase B |
| mTOR | Mammalian Target of Rapamycin |
| FoxO3α | Forkhead Box O3α |
| MuRF1 | Muscle RING-finger Protein 1 |
| Atrogin-1 | F-box Only Protein 32 |
| MyoD | Myoblast Determination |
| IGF-1 | Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 |
| PI3K | Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase |
| Myf5 | Myogenic Factor 5 |
| NF-κB | Nuclear Factor Kappa-light-chain-enhancer of Activated B Cells |
| IL-1 | Interleukin-1 |
| IL-2 | Interleukin-2 |
| IL-6 | Interleukin-6 |
| TNF-α | Tumor Necrosis Factor α |
| TNF-β | Tumor Necrosis Factor β |
| BW | Body Weight |
| Gpx | Glutathione Peroxidase |
| SOD | Superoxide Dismutase |