| ADMA | Asymmetric dimethylarginine |
| AMPK | Cyclic adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase |
| BCAA | Branched chain amino acid |
| DOHaD | Developmental origins of health and disease |
| EAR | Estimated Average Requirement |
| FHH | Fawn-hooded hypertensive |
| GR | Glucocorticoid receptor |
| H2S | Hydrogen sulfide |
| IUGR | Intrauterine growth restriction |
| L-NAME | NG-nitro–L-arginine methyl ester |
| mTOR | The mechanistic target of rapamycin |
| NAC | N-acetylcysteine |
| NO | Nitric oxide |
| PPAR | Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor |
| PGC-1α | PPARγ coactivator-1α |
| RDA | Recommended Dietary Allowance |
| SDMA | Symmetric dimethylarginine |
| SHR | Spontaneously hypertensive rat |
| SIRT | Silent information regulator transcript |