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MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS                                        GRANT THORNTON LLP

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              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


BioShield Technologies, Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia

We have issued our report dated August 5, 1998, accompanying the financial
statements and schedules of BioShield Technologies, Inc. contained in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus on Form SB-2. We hereby consent to the use
of the aforementioned report in the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Statement and Prospectus, and to the use of our name as it appears
under the caption "Experts."

/s/  GRANT THORNTON LLP

Atlanta, Georgia
June 2, 1999