“…It is currently recognised that the sperm mitochondria make a significant contribution to the ROS generation and oxidative stress in human spermatozoa (Aitken, 2020; Koppers et al., 2008). Since MnTBAP is a synthetic mitochondrial superoxide dismutase 2 (SOD2) mimic, we could hypothesise that the mechanism of action of this antioxidant is related to limit the mitochondrial oxidative stress, as has been reported in other cell types (Cao et al., 2020; Liu et al., 2018; Nguyen et al., 2015). Also, the beneficial effects of MnTBAP are attributed to a powerful antioxidant action on the cytoplasm and mitochondrion of the cell, since, in addition to turning O 2 ‐ into H 2 O 2 , it catalyses the dissociation of H 2 O 2 in water, blocking the damage produced by ROS (Forouzanfar et al., 2013; Shojaeian et al., 2018).…”