[Characteristics of metabolism of human erythrocytes after long-term space flight].

Before and after the 150-day Salyut-7 flight the crewmembers were examined for their red blood metabolism, viz: major metabolic pathways (glycolytic and pentosophosphate), erythrocyte resistance, membrane permeability and lipid peroxidation rate. The resulting data indicate that the metabolic and membrane changes were not pathological and can be classified as adaptive.