AMP	5′ adenosine monophosphate-activated protein
AMPK	AMP kinase
ATCC	American Type Culture Collection
Atg7	autophagy-related 7 protein
ATP	adenozyno-5′-trifosforan
C32	type of melanoma cells
CRISPR	clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats
DCFH-DA	2′-7′dichlorofluorescin diacetate
DMEM	Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium
DNA	deoxyribonucleic acid
FBS	fetal bovine serum
GAPDH	glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase
HILIC	hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography
HPLC	high-performance liquid chromatography
MCF-7	type of breast cancer cells
MET	metformin
MMP-2	metaloproteinase 2
MMP-9	metaloproteinase 9
MTT	3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide
NAD+	nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
NADH	nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide hydrogen
NRU	neutral red uptake
p53	transcription factor p53
P5C	∆1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate
P5CR	P5C reductase
PARP	poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase
PBS	phosphate-buffered saline
POX	proline oxidase
PRODH	proline dehydrogenase
QTOF	quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectroscopy
ROS	reactive oxygen species
TCA	tricarboxylic acid cycle
THFA	tetrahydrofuroic acid