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. 2022 Sep 15;13:937956. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.937956
ACP5 Acid phosphatase 5, tartrate resistant
AG Age-associated
AGE Aged garlic extract
AITC Allyl isothiocyanate
ALP Alkaline phosphatase
ASCOs S-alk(en)yl cysteine sulfoxides
AS Allyl sulfide
ASVD Atherosclerotic vascular disease
Atg5 Autophagy related 5
Atg12 Autophagy related 12
BITC Benzyl isothiocyanate
BM Bone marrow
BMD Bone mineral density
BMM Bone marrow macrophages
BMMSCs Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells
BMP Bone morphogenetic protein
BS/BV Bone surface/bone volume
BSE Broccoli sprout extract
BSP Bone sialoprotein
BV Bone volume
BVF Bone volume fraction
BV/TV Bone volume / trabecular volume
CAT Catalase
CBS Cystathionine beta synthase
Clcr Calcitonin receptor-like receptor
CCK-8 Cell counting kit-8
c-fms Colony-stimulating factor-1 receptor
Col I Collagen I
CSE Cystathionine-γ-lyase
CTR Calcitonin receptor
CTX-I Serum type I collagen breakdown product
CTSK Cathepsin K
DADS Diallyl disulfide
DATS Diallyl trisulfide
DC-STAMP Dendritic cell-specific transmembrane protein
DEXA Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry
Dlx5 Distal-Less Homeobox 5
DPDS Dipropyl disulfide
ECM Extracellular matrix
ER Erucin
ERK Extracellular signal-regulated kinase
EZ4U 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide-like assay
FcRγ Fc receptor standard g chain
FOXO Forkhead box O
GCLC Glutamate cysteine ligase catalytic subunit
GCLM Glutamate-cysteine ligase modifier subunit
GH Growth hormone
GLS S-β-thioglucoside N-hydroxhysulfates; glucosinolates
GPCS γ-glutamyl-trans-S-1-propenyl-L-cysteine sulfoxide
GRA Glucoraphanin
GSAC γ-glutamyl-S-allyl-L-cysteine
GSH Glutathione
HBITC 4-hydroxybenzyl isothiocyanate
HO1 Heme oxygenase-1
HOMA-IR Homeostatic Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance
H2S Hydrogen sulfide
IGF-1 Insulin-like growth factor 1
ITCs Isothiocyanates
JAK2 Janus Kinase 2
JNK Jun N-terminal kinases
KEAP-1 Kelch-like erythroid-cell-derived protein with CNC homology (ECH)-associated protein
LC3-II Microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B-light chain 3
LPS Lipopolysaccharide
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
M-CSF Macrophage colony-stimulating factor
MMP-9 Matrix metallopeptidase 9
MDA Malondialdehyde
MSC Mesenchymal stromal cells
MTT 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide
NFATc1 Nuclear factor-activated T cells c1
NF-κB Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NQO1 NAD(P)H: quinone oxidoreductase 1
NOX-1 NADPH oxidase 1
NRF2 Nuclear factor erythroid-derived 2-related factor 2
OCN Osteocalcin
OC-STAMP Osteoclast-stimulatory transmembrane protein
OP Osteoporosis
OPG Osteoprotegerin
OPN Osteopontin
OSCAR Osteoclasts-specific activating receptor
OSCs Organosulfur compounds
OSX Osterix
P1NP Procollagen 1 intact N-terminal propeptide
PeCSO γ-glutamyl-propenyl-L-cysteine sulfoxide
pNPP p-nitrophenyl phosphate
PPAR-γ Proliferator-activated receptor-γ
PRDX-1 Peroxiredoxin 1
PTH Parathormone
RAC1 RAC family small GTPase 1
RANK Receptor activator of nuclear factor κ B
RANKL Receptor activator for nuclear factor κ B ligand
RUNX-2 Runt-related transcription factor 2
ROS Reactive oxygen species
RSS Reactive sulfur species
SAC S-allylcysteine
SAMC S-allylmercaptocysteine
SAMG S-allylmercaptoglutathione
SFN Sulforaphane
SIRT Sirtuin
SMAD-1 SMAD family member 1
STAT3 Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
Tb.N Trabecular number
Tb.Th Trabecular thickness
Tb.Sp Trabecular space
TRAF-6 Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 6
TRAP Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase
TRAP5b Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase 5b
VOSCs Volatile organosulfur compounds
WISP-1 WNT1-inducible-signaling pathway protein 1
Wnt Wingless/Integrated
WST-8 Water-soluble
tetrazolium-8