This Editorial has the intention to stress the complex chemistry and biology of redox-active compounds, regarded as SOD mimics. It further aims to caution the researchers of the importance of being up-to-date with the present knowledge on such compounds and their cellular redox biology when coming up with their conclusions, based on the particular species involved in their studies. Antioxid. Redox Signal. 20, 2323–2325.
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