METHOD OF USING LECTINS FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF ORAL AND ALIMENTARY TRACT DISORDERS

摘要

Infectious diseases caused by pathogenic microorganisms resident in the alimentary tract of humans and animals can be prevented and treated by administering to the alimentary tract of the human or animal an effective amount of a composition containing at least one lectin capable of binding to an infective microorganism and diminishing the infective capability of the microorganism. The lectin is administered dispersed in a pharmaceutically acceptable non-toxic vehicle.