| AGAT | Alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase |
| ALA | delta-aminolevulinic acid |
| ALAS | delta-aminolevulinic acid synthase |
| BA | Bile acids |
| BAAT | Bile acid-coenzyme A: amino acid N-acyltransferase |
| BCAA | Branched chain amino acids |
| BCKDH | Branched-chain keto acid dehydrogenase |
| BHMT | Betaine-homocysteine S-methyltransferase |
| CH2-THF | 5,10-methylene tetrahydrofolate |
| CPS1 | Carbamoyl-Phosphate Synthase 1 |
| DHF | dihydrofolate |
| DHFR | dihydrofolate reductase |
| DMGDH | Dimethylglycine dehydrogenase |
| EPIC | European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition |
| GLYAT | Glycine N-acyltransferases |
| GlyR | Glycine receptor |
| GNMT | Glycine N-methyltransferase |
| GSG index | Glutamate-serine-glycine index |
| GWAS | Genome-wide association study |
| HOMA index | Homeostatic Model Assessment index |
| NAFLD | Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease |
| NMDA | N-methyl-D-aspartate |
| SAM | S-adenosylmethionine |
| SAH | S-adenosylhomocysteine |
| SDH | Sarcosine dehydrogenase (SDH) |
| SHMT | Serine hydroxymethyltransferase |
| SNP | Single nucleotide polymorphism |
| T2DM | Type 2 diabetes mellitus |
| THF | tetrahydrofolate |