| α-KG | α-ketoglutarate |
| ACLY | ATP citrate lyase |
| 2,3-BPG | 2,3-biphosphoghycerae |
| 6-PGDH | 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase |
| ACR | acceptor control ratio |
| AMPK | AMP-activated protein kinase |
| BHMT | betaine-homocysteine methyl-transferase |
| CDK2 | Cyclin-dependent kinase |
| CDK4 | Cyclin-dependent kinase 4 |
| DHA-P | dihydroxyacetone phosphate |
| dCTP | deoxycytidine triphosphate |
| 2-DG | 2-deoxyglucose |
| 2dP-GLY | 2-diphosphoglycerate |
| 3PG | 3-phosphoglycerate |
| Dusp1 | Dual-specificity phosphatase 1 |
| E2f1 | E2F transcription factor1 |
| FASN | fatty acid synthetase |
| F6P | fructose-6-phosphate |
| FBP | fructose-1,6-biphosphate |
| FBPase | fructose biphosphatase |
| FGFR1 | phosphotyrosine-mediated growth signal |
| FASN | fatty acid synthetase |
| GA-3-P | glyceraldhydre-3-phosphate |
| GDH | glutamate dehydrogenase |
| G6P | glucose-6-phosphate |
| GNMT | glycine N-methyltransferase |
| GPI | gluose-6-phosphate isomerase |
| HCC | hepatocellular carcinoma |
| HDAC3 | histone deacetylase |
| HER2 | ERB B2 |
| HIF-1 | hypoxia-inducible factor-1 |
| HK | hexokinase |
| JMJD5 | Jumonji C domain-containing dioxygenase |
| LKB1 | serine/threonine protein kinase |
| MCT1–4 | monocarboxylate transporters 1-4 |
| MDR | multidrug resistance |
| ME | malic enzyme |
| MEK5 | mitogen-activated protein kinase 5 |
| mtDNA | mitochondrial DNA |
| MTHFD2 | methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase 2 |
| mTOR | mechanistic target of rapamycin |
| Nm23-H1 | non-metastatic protein 23, homolog 1 |
| OAA | oxalacetic acid |
| PDH | pyruvic dehydrogenase |
| PDK1 | pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1 |
| PEP | phosphoenolpyruvate |
| PFK | phosphofructokinase |
| PFK1 | phosphofructokinase muscle type |
| PFK15 | [1-(4-pyridinyl)-3-(2-quinolinyl)-2-propen-1-one] |
| PFKFB3 | 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-biphosphatase 3 |
| PGAM1 | phosphoglycerate mutase 1 |
| PGC-1α | peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator-1 alpha |
| PHGDH | phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase |
| PGK | phosphoglycerate kinase |
| PI3K | phosphatdilisitol-3-kinase catalytic gamma |
| PK | phosphoglycerate kinase |
| PKM2 | phosphoglycerate kinase M2 |
| 3PO | (3-(3-pyridinyl)-1-(4-pyridinyl)-2-propen-1-one) |
| PTEN | phosphatase and tensin homolog |
| PyrCx | pyruvate carboxylase |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| SAICAR | succinylaminoimidazolecarboxamide |
| SAM | S-adenosylmethionine |
| Sirt1 | sirtuin1 |
| SIRT4 | sirtuin 4 TIGAR, TP53-induced glycolysis and apoptosis regulator |
| VDAC | voltage-dependent anion channel |
| VEGF | vascular endothelial growth factor |
| YAP | yes associated protein |