“…It has been suggested that the active form of ASPIRIN is, in fact, a copper complex formed in vivo [11]. A substantial effort has been devoted to the synthesis and study of solid copper(II)-salicylato complexes in our laboratories as well [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19], bearing in mind, however, that both the copper(II) ions and the active organic molecules act in the cell, i.e. in 0162-0134/$ -see front matter Ó 2007 Elsevier Inc. All solution.…”