text: Our results confirm the other studies suggesting that antioxidants may have a protective effect against CP-induced nephrotoxicity (Borch and Pleasants, 1979; Hanneman and Baumann, 1988; Bogin et al., 1994; Appenroth et al., 1997; Greggi-Antunes et al., 2000; Durak et al., 2002; Mansour et al., 2002; Sueishi et al., 2002).