Updates are available Correction dated 2014-07-01

Article History

First Online: 20 May 2014

Change Date: 1 July 2014

Change Type: Correction

Change Details: In the version of this article initially published, 'nitric oxide' was referred to as 'nitrogen oxide', and the generation of peroxynitrite by superoxide ion-nitric oxide interaction was not clearly illustrated. Moreover, the fact that selective peroxynitrite decomposition catalysts act on peroxynitrite alone, whereas dual manganese superoxide dismutase mimetics and peroxynitrite decomposition catalysts eliminate both peroxynitrite and potentially beneficial superoxide ions, was not clearly indicated in Figure 4. These errors have been corrected in the HTML and PDF versions of the article.

Competing interests

: D.S. and the Saint Louis University School of Medicine have patents concerning the use of superoxide dismutase mimetics and peroxynitrite decomposition catalysts for the treatment and prevention of neuropathic pain (WO 2012033916 A1 20120315; US 20080318917 A1 20081225; WO 2005060437 A2 20050707; US 6214817 B1 20010410; WO 9858636 A1 19981230). G.J.B and T.D. declare no competing interests.