[Evaluation of the effect of enterosorption on the human body in a changed gaseous medium]

The effect of enterosorption on biochemical and physiological parameters of 18 normal men was studied. The test subjects spent 7 days in an enclosed environment where the content of CO2 reached 3% and that of CO-40 mg/l3 during the last 8 hours of isolation. Beginning with the first day of enclosure 12 test subjects were given an enterosorbent at a dose of 0.75 g/kg 3 times a day. It is shown that a regular intake of an enterosorbent during exposure to increased concentrations of CO2 and CO affects beneficially central hemodynamics, reduces significantly plasma toxicity, content of C2-C5 hydrocarbons in the exhaled air and carboxyhemoglobin in blood. These findings may be very important for space and marine medicine because they demonstrate the efficacy of enterosorbents in protecting the human body from stress effects of an extreme environment.