CYCLIC SALENE COMPOUNDS OF METALS: REACTIVE OXYGEN VARIETIES USED AS ANTIOXIDANTS IN TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF DISEASES WITH

摘要

This invention provides antioxidant cyclic salen-metal compounds, compositions of such antioxidant cyclic salen-metal compounds having superoxide activity, catalase activity and/or peroxidase activity and methods of using such antioxidant cyclic salen-metal compositions to treat or prevent a disease associated with cell or tissue damage produced by free radicals, such as superoxide.