[Biochemical estimation of individual sensitivity to oxygen intoxication in rabbits]

Correlation between a pro-oxidant activity of blood, estimated by means of chemoluminescence in the system H2O2-luminol-blood plasma, and individual sensitivity of rabbits to the effect of oxygen was studied. Alterations in the blood pro-oxidant activity, as shown by treatment of the blood sample with 0.7 MPa of oxygen in vitro, correlated distinctly with the period of convulsions as well as with viability of animals during acute hyperoxia.