| A549 | human lung carcinoma cell line |
| ADF | human astrocytoma cell line |
| ADP | adenosine diphosphate |
| Akt | protein-kinase B |
| AMP | adenosine monophosphate |
| AMPK | AMP-dependent protein kinase |
| CDP | cytidine diphosphate |
| cN-II | cytosolic 5′-nucleotidase II |
| CS | citrate synthase |
| dG | 2-deoxyglucose |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium |
| DMSO | dimethylsulfoxide |
| DTNB | 5,5′-dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoic acid) |
| EDTA | ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| FBS | foetal bovine serum |
| GMP | guanosine monophosphate |
| GDP | guanosine diphosphate |
| G6PDH | glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| GSH | reduced glutathione |
| HPCE | High Performance Capillary Electrophoresis |
| HPG | L-homopropargylglycine |
| IMP | inosine monophosphate |
| LDH | lactic dehydrogenase |
| NAD | nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide |
| MT-Green | MitoTracker Green |
| MT-ROS | MitoTracker Red CM-H2XROS |
| PBS | phosphate-buffered saline |
| PMSF | phenylmethyl sulphonyl fluoride |
| PVDF | polyvinylidene fluoride |
| TBS | TRIS-buffered saline |
| TCA | trichloroacetic acid |
| TMRM | tetramethylrhodamine methyl ester |
| UMP | uridine monophosphate |
| UDP | uridine diphosphate |
| UDPG | uridine diphospho-glucose |