The invention relates to an adsorbent material, a method for cleaning
blood and plasma and purifying albumin, and to a method for producing
said adsorbent material. The inventive adsorbent material is embodied in
the form of a highly cross-linked and porous spherical divinylbenzene
copolymer which contains from 4 to 30 weight % of an imidazole derivative
and at least 50 weight % of divinylvenzene incorporated by radical
polymerization in the presence of air and/or oxygen. Said adsorbent
material is embodied in such a way that it is biocompatible and suitable
for removing free and albumin-bound toxic substances, drugs,
pharmaceutical products, endogenic and exogenic toxins from blood,
plasma, and external albumin circuits at a high rate and efficiency. The
material is used in particular for adsorbing bilirubin and bile acids and
is produced by suspension polymerization.