| Sir2 | Silent mating-type information regulator 2 |
| SIRT | Sirtuin |
| ADP | Adenosine diphosphate |
| ATP | Adenosine triphosphate |
| NAD | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide |
| NAMPT | Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase |
| GLUT | Glucose transporter |
| PDC | Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex |
| Acetyl-CoA | Acetyl coenzyme A |
| NADPH | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| TCA | Tricarboxylic acid |
| CPT1 | Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 |
| STAT6 | Signal transducer and activator of transcription 6 |
| PPAR | Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor |
| PGC | Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator |
| FOXO1 | Forkhead box protein O1 |
| HIF | Hypoxia inducible factor |
| LD | linear dichroism |
| UCP1 | Uncoupling protein 1 |
| PDH | Pyruvate dehydrogenase |
| ACLY | ATP-citrate lyase |
| PEPCK1 | Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase 1 |
| OXPHOS | Oxidative phosphorylation |
| NFĸB | Nuclear factor kappa B |
| TNF | Tumor necrosis factor |
| H3K9 | Histone 3; lysine 9 |
| CD36 | Cluster of differentiation 36 |
| AMPK | AMP-activated protein kinase |