| ALP | alkaline phosphatase |
| AST | aspartate aminotransferase |
| ALT | alanine aminotransferase |
| BUN | blood urea nitrogen |
| G6Pase | glucose-6-phosphatase |
| GK | glucokinase |
| GLUT2 | glucose transporter type 2 |
| HE | hematoxylin and eosin |
| hmps | 3-hydroxy-2-methyl-4(H)-pyran-4-selenone |
| hmpt | 3-hydroxy-2-methyl-4(H)-pyran-4-thione |
| ICP-MS | inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry |
| OGTT | oral glucose tolerance test |
| PDX-1 | pancreatic duodenal homeobox-1 |
| PEPCK | phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase |
| PTEN | phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted from chromosome 10 |
| PTP-1B | protein tyrosine phosphatase 1b |
| T-CHO | total cholesterol |
| TG | triglyceride |
| [Zn(hmps)2] | bis(3-hydroxy-2-methyl-4(H)-pyran-4-seleno)Zn |
| [Zn(hmpt)2] | bis(3-hydroxy-2-methyl-4(H)-pyran-4-thiono)Zn |