EMULSION USEFUL IN REMOVING OR CONVERTING A TOXIN OF THE GASTRO-INTESTINAL TRACT

摘要

ABSTRACT OF DISCLOSUREA method for removing a toxin from the gastro-intestinal tract whichcomprises providing an emulsion in said gastro-intestinal tract whichcomprises an interior phase surrounded by a surfactant-containingexterior phase, said exterior phase being immiscible with the aqueousenvironment of said gastro-intestinal tract and permeable to said toxins,said emulsion being further characterized as being stable in said gastro-intestinal tract, and said interior phase comprising (a) a reactantcapable of converting said toxin into a non-permeable form, wherebysaid toxin permeates the exterior phase of said emulsion into saidinterior phase and is converted into a non-permeable form or (b) a catalystwhich is insoluble in said exterior phase and capable of converting saidtoxin, whereby said toxin permeates the exterior phase and is convertedin said interior phase.