| SGA | Small-for-gestational age |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| IARC | International Agency for Research on Cancer |
| AS2O3 | Arsenic trioxide |
| CML | Chronic myelogenous leukaemia |
| APL | Acute promyelocytic leukaemia |
| TBARS | Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances |
| HPG axis | The hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis |
| StAR | The steroidogenic acute regulatory |
| 3β-HSD | 3β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase |
| GIT | Gastrointestinal tract |
| AQP | Aquaglyceroporins |
| MFS | Major facilitator superfamily |
| ABC | ATP-binding cassette |
| As3MT | Arsenite methyltransferase |
| MMA | Monomethylarsonic acid |
| DMA | Dimethylarsinic acid |
| As(V) | Inorganic pentavalent arsenic |
| As(III) | Inorganic trivalent arsenic |
| MMA(V) | Methyl arsonate |
| DMA(V) | Dimethyl arsenate |
| GSTO | Glutathione S-transferase omega |
| GSSG | Glutathione disulfide |
| As-GSH | Arsenic glutathione |
| AsS | Arsenic sulphide |
| AsB | Arsenobetaine |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| ICR | Institute of Cancer Research |
| CC3 | Cleaved caspase 3 |
| CYP17A1 | Cytochrome P450 17A1 |
| DHT | Dihydrotestosterone |
| SD | Sprague Dawley |
| MLTC-1 | Mouse testes Leydig tumor cell lines |
| MDA | Malondialdehyde |
| NAPDH | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP+) |
| NOX | NAPDH oxidase |
| GPx | Glutathione peroxidase |
| SOD | Supeoxide dismutase |
| CAT | Catalase |
| H2O2 | Hydrogen peroxide |
| LOO | Lipid peroxy radical |
| UMI | Unexplained male infertility |
| VLBW | Very low birth weight |
| PTB | Preterm birth |
| EGCG | Epigallocatechin-3-gallate |
| SMI | Structural membrane integrity |
| FMI | Functional membrane integrity |
| NAC | N-Acetyl Cysteine |
| MSTD | Mean seminiferous tubular diameter |
| MTBS | Mean testicular biopsy scores |
| PCNA | Proliferating cell nuclear antigen |
| DPDS | Diphenyl diselenide |
| BTB | Bllod testicular border |