Improved methods for reducing allergenicity of natural rubber latex articles

摘要

A method for the production of a natural rubber latex emulsion having normal physical, mechanical, and chemical properties and having reduced allergenicity, said method comprising the steps of: providing a natural rubber latex emulsion including naturally occurring antigenic surfactant-type molecules; and chemically treating said latex emulsion with a screening agent to crosslink and induce blooming of the antigenic surfactant-type molecules at the emulsion interfaces.