| ALA | 5-Aminolevulinic acid |
| ADP | ALA dehydratase deficient porphyria |
| AHP | Acute hepatic porphyria |
| AIP | Acute intermittent porphyria |
| αKGDH | α-Ketoglutarate dehydrogenase |
| AKT | Protein kinase B |
| ALAD | 5-Aminolevulinate dehydratase |
| ALAS-1 | 5-Aminolevulinate synthase 1 |
| ALAS-2 | 5-aminolevulinate synthase 2 |
| BMD | Bone mineral density |
| CAT | Antioxidant enzyme catalase |
| CEP | Congenital erythropoietic porphyria |
| CREB | cAMP response element-binding factor |
| DEXA | Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry |
| ECP | Erythropoietic cutaneous porphyria |
| EFSA | European food safety authority |
| EPP | Erythropoietic protoporphyria |
| FAD | Riboflavin |
| FECH | Ferrochelatese |
| FOXO 1 | Forkhead box protein O1 |
| GLR | Glucagon receptor |
| GR | Glutathione reductase |
| GSH | Glutathione |
| GSSG | Glutathione disulfide |
| HCP | Hereditary coproporphyria |
| HCV | Hepatitis C virus |
| HEP | Hepatoerythropoietic porphyria |
| HFE | Hemochromatosis |
| HIV | Human immunodeficiency virus |
| IGF-1 | Insulin-like growth factor 1 |
| IRE | Insulin responsive element |
| IRs | Insulin receptors |
| MDA | Malondialdehyde |
| MUFA | Monounsaturated fatty acids |
| OA | Oxalic acid |
| 25-OH (D) | 25-hydroxyvitamin D |
| PBG | Porphobilinogen |
| PCT | Porphyria cutanea tarda |
| PGC-1α | Peroxisomal proliferator-activated cofactor 1α |
| PHD | Pyruvate dehydrogenase |
| PI3K | Phosphoinositide 3-kinases |
| PKA | Protein kinase A |
| PLP | Pyridoxal-5-phosphate |
| PPIX | Protoporphyrin IX |
| PPOX | Protoporphyrinogen oxidase |
| PUFA | Polyunsaturated fatty acids |
| SFA | Saturated fatty acids |
| VP | Variegate porphyria |
| ZnPP | Zinc protoporphyrin |
| XLP | X-linked protoporphyria |