3-MP: 3-mercaptopyruvate	CD95: Cluster of differentiation 95
ADA: American Diabetes Association	CPSSA: S-allyl-mercapto-captopril
AMS: allyl methyl sulfide	CRP: C-reactive protein
Ang-1: angiopoietin-1	CSE: cystathionine γ-lyase
ARE: antioxidant response elements	CTGF: connective tissue growth factor;
Bcl2: B-cell lymphoma 2	DADS: diallyl disulfide;
BMI: Body mass index	DAS: diallyl monosulfide;
CBS: cystathionine β-synthase	FDPS: Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study
DATES: diallyl tetrasulfide	GIP: Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide
DATS: diallyl trisulfide	GK: glucokinase
DM: diabetes mellitus	GLUT2: Glucose transporter-2
DPP: Diabetes Prevention Program	GLUT4: Glucose transporter-4
ECs: vascular endothelial cells	GPx: Glutathione peroxidase
ECGC: epigallocatechin-3-gallate	GSH: reduced Glutathione
eNOS: endothelial nitric oxide synthase	GSSH: glutathione persulfide
EPC: endothelial progenitor cell	GST: Glutathione-S-transferase
FBG: Fast blood glucose	H2S: Hydrogen sulfide
HbA1c: Glycated hemoglobin	MSNs: mesoporous silica nanoparticles
HDL: Hight density lipoprotein	MST: 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase
ICa-L: L-type calcium current	NK cells: Natural killer cells
IK1: inward rectifier potassium current	NO: Nitric oxide
IL-6: Interleukin 6	TGF- β1: transforming growth factor β1
INS-1E: Insulinoma cell line 1E	Nrf2: nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2
IRs: Insulin Receptors	OSCs: organosulfur compounds
LDL: Light density lipoprotein	PUFAs: Polyunsaturated fatty acids
MIN6: mouse insulinoma cell line 6	ROS: Reactive oxygen species
p38 MAPK: p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases	SAC: S-allyl cysteine
PFM: polylactic fibrous membranes	SAMC: S-allylmercaptocysteine
PLP: pyridoxal 5’-phosphate	SAMG: S-allylmercaptoglutatione
PPARs: peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors	TNF-α: Tumor necrosis factor
PPBG: Postprandial blood glucose	VEGF: Vascular endothelial growth factor
SGLT1: Sodium glucose transporter protein 1	VLDL: Very low density lipoprotein
SOD: Superoxide dismutase	WHO: World Health Organization.
TG: Triglyceride
AMPK: activating 5-adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase
P13k/Akt: phosphoinositide-3-kinase/ Protein Kinase B
p-ERK1/2: phosphorylated extracellular signal–regulated kinases 1/2
NF-κB: nuclear factor kappa light chain enhancer of activated B cells
EASD: European Association for the Study of Diabetes
NOX: nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase
HIT-T15: insulin release from a cloned hamster B-cell line