| ACC1 | acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 |
| ADT | androgen deprivation treatment |
| ASAP | atypical small acinar proliferation |
| AR | androgen receptor |
| BCG | Bacillus Calmette-Guerin |
| Bcl-2 | B-cell lymphoma 2 |
| Bcl-xL | B-cell lymphoma extra-large |
| COX-2 | cyclooxygenase-2 |
| CBP | cAMP response element-binding protein |
| CPT1A | carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1A |
| CVD | cardiovascular disease |
| CXCR4 | chemokine receptor type 4 |
| DAS | diallyl sulfide |
| DADS | diallyl disulfide |
| DATS | diallyl trisulfide |
| DHEA | dehydroepiandrosterone |
| eBASIS | Bioactive Substances in Food and Information System |
| EC | epicatechin |
| ECG | epicatechin-3-gallate |
| EGC | epigallocatechin |
| EGCG | epigallocatechin-3-gallate ERK1/2: extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase 1 and 2 |
| FA | fatty acid |
| FASN | fatty acid synthase |
| FOXO | forkhead family of transcription factors |
| GRN | glucoraphanin |
| GM | gut microbiota |
| GSL | glucosinolate |
| GST | glutathione-S-transferase |
| GSTM1 | Glutathione S-Transferase Mu 1 |
| HDAC | histone deacetylases |
| HGPIN | high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia |
| HLH | helix-loop-helix |
| IAD | intermittent androgen deprivation |
| IARC | International Agency for Research on Cancer |
| Id1 | inhibitor of DNA binding 1 |
| IGF | insulin-like growth factor |
| Keap1 | kelch-like ECH-associated protein |
| ITC | isothiocyanate; MDM2: mouse double minute 2 homolog |
| MEK | mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase |
| MMPs | matrix metalloproteinases |
| MMTSI | S-methyl methanethiosulfinate |
| MMTSO | S-methyl methanethiolsulfinate |
| MTA1 | metastasis-associated protein 1 |
| NADPH | nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate |
| NF-κB | nuclear factor-kappa B |
| Nrf-2 | nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 |
| OSC | organosulfur compounds |
| PCa | prostate cancer |
| PI3K | phosphoinositide 3-kinase |
| PKB/Akt | protein kinase B |
| PSA | prostate specific antigen |
| RCT | randomised controlled trial |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| SACSO | S-alk(en)yl-L-cysteine sulfoxide |
| SMCSO | S-methyl-L- cysteine sulfoxide |
| SCMCSO | S-carboxymethyl-L-cysteine sulfoxide; SFN: sulforaphane |
| SFN-Cys | sulforaphane-cysteine |
| SFN-NAC | sulforaphane-N-acetyl-cysteine |
| TRAIL | TNF-related apoptosis inducing ligand |
| TRAMP | transgenic adenocarcinoma of the mouse prostate |
| TPB | template-guided transperineal prostate biopsy |
| VEGF | vascular endothelial growth factor |
| VEGFR2 | vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 |