Ach	acetylcholine
Akt	protein kinase B
Ang II	angiotensin II
ASA	aspirin
ATC	Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System
BDK	bradykinin
cAMP	cyclic adenosine monophosphate
Ca2+	calcium ions
CH3CHO	acetaldehyde
CHEBI	Chemical Entities of Biological Interest
CO	carbon monoxide
CORM	CO releasing molecule
COHb	carboxyhemoglobin
COX-2	cyclooxygenase 2
DAG	diacylglycerol
EDRF	endothelium-derived relaxing factor
EDHF	Endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor
ET-1	Endothelin type 1
EMA	European Medicines Agency
ER	endoplasmic reticulum
ERK	extracellular signal-regulated kinases
ERK1/2	extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1/2
FDA	US Food and Drug Administration
FhlA	formate hydrogenlyase transcriptional activator
FAD	flavin adenine dinucleotide
Gq/11	Gq alpha subunit family
G	G protein type Gq/11
GAF	small-molecule-binding domains of cGMP, cAMP, FhlA
GC	guanylate cyclase
GC-A	membrane guanylate cyclase type A
GC-B	membrane guanylate cyclase type B
sGC	soluble guanylate cyclase
GMP	guanosine monophosphate
cGMP	cyclic guanosine monophosphate
GTP	guanosine triphosphate
H2S	hydrogen sulfide
Hb	hemoglobin
His	histamine
HMBD	Human Metabolome Database
HO-x	heme oxygenase type x
HOMO	highest occupied molecular orbital
HPS	heat shock protein
ICAM-1	intercellular adhesion molecule 1
Ins	insulin
IL-x	interleukin type x
IFN-γ	interferons type II
IP3	inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate
ISMN, ISDN	isosorbide mono- and dinitrate
JNK	c-Jun N-terminal kinase
K+	potassium ions
KCa	large-conductance potassium channels
KEGG	Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes
L-Arg	L-arginine
LPS	lipopolysaccharide/endotoxin
LUMO	lowest unoccupied molecular orbital
M	metal
metHb	methemoglobin
ANP	natriuretic peptide type A
BNP	natriuretic peptide type B
CNP	natriuretic peptide type C
N2O	dinitrogen oxide
NF-κB	nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NADPH	nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
NH3	ammonia
NO	nitric oxide
NO-NSAIDs	nitric oxide donating non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs
NSAIDs	non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs
NOS	nitric oxide synthase
NOS1	neuronal nitric oxide synthase
NOS2	cytokine-inducible nitric oxide synthase
NOS3	endothelial nitric oxide synthase
NTG	glyceryl trinitrate
mTOR	mammalian target of rapamycin
p38 MAPK	p38 mitogen activated protein kinases
PDEx	phosphodiesterase type x
PDB ID	Protein Data Bank Identifier
PGE-2	prostaglandin-2
PKC	protein kinase type C
PKG	cGMP dependent protein kinase G
PLB	phospholamban
PLC	phospholipase type C
R	G protein-coupled receptor
Rb	retinoblastoma
RANKL	the receptor activator of nuclear factor κB ligand
RGS2	regulator of G protein signaling 2
SO2	sulfur dioxide
SOMO	single occupied molecular orbital
SNP	sodium nitroprusside
BH4	tetrahydrobiopterin
TNFα	tumor necrosis factor α
VASP	vasodilatory-stimulated phosphoprotein
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor