PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a spherical adsorbing carbon for medical use having high adsorption performance and high adsorption rate of toxic substances.SOLUTION: The adsorbing agent for medical use is composed of activated carbon produced by using a granular phenolic resin as a raw material and has a total acidic group content of &le0.16 meq/g, a weight loss of &le2% measured by heating from 100°C to 900°C in nitrogen atmosphere, a pore volume of 0.1-1.0 mL/g for pores having a diameter of 0.0075-15 &mum, a BET specific surface area of 800-2,000 m2/g and an average particle diameter of 0.1-1.5 mm. The adsorbing agent is used as an oral agent for the treatment of renal diseases or hepatic diseases.COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT【課題】毒素物質の吸着性能が高く吸着速度も速い医療用球形吸着炭の提供。【解決手段】粒状フェノール系樹脂を原料とし、全酸性基量が0.16meq/g以下、窒素雰囲気下100℃から900℃まで加熱した時の重量減少率が2%以下、直径0.0075~15μmの細孔容積が0.1~1.0mL/g、BET比表面積が800~2000m2/g、平均粒子径が0.1~1.5mmである活性炭からなる医療用吸着剤。経口投与用腎疾患または肝疾患治療薬として使用される。【選択図】なし
