CAT and brain ischemia: The central nervous system (CNS) has an efficient antioxidant defense system, including superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx), as well as scavenger molecules such as glutathione (GSH) and vitamin C. Despite the effectiveness of this system, the endogenous antioxidant capacity can be overwhelmed during cerebral ischemia, resulting in overproduction of free radicals including reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS), which have direct negative impacts on ischemic cerebral tissue [5], [11], [13], [14].