Effects of orally administered activated charcoal on intestinal gas
Hall, R.G.; Thompson, H.; Strother, A.
American Journal of Gastroenterology 75(3): 192-196
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9270 PMID: 7015846 Document Number: 419
The effectiveness of activated charcoal in treating intestinal gas, following a gas producing meal, was compared with a placebo. Both the number of flatus events and breath hydrogen levels were measured. These experiments showed that orally administered activated charcoal was effective in preventing the large increase in the number of flatus events and increased breath hydrogen concentrations that normally occur following a gas-producing meal.
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