| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| TTK | Tetragonia tetragonioides Kuntze |
| TNF-α | tumor necrosis factor-α |
| IL | interleukin |
| APP/PS1 | human amyloid precursor protein/presenilin 1 |
| TTK-E | 70% ethanol TTK extract |
| TTK-W | water TTK extract |
| BDNF | brain-derived neurotrophic factor |
| CNTF | ciliary neurotrophic factor |
| CREB | cAMP responding element-binding protein |
| PKB or Akt | protein kinase B |
| AD-TTK | 0.5% of TTK-E extract |
| AD-Con | 0.5% dextrin in a high-fat diet |
| NGF | nerve growth factor |
| En% | energy percent |
| CT | a cycle of threshold |
| PcoA | principal coordinate analysis |