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                                                                    Exhibit 31.1

            CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, William H. Pursley, certify that:

     (1)  I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of CepTor
          Corporation;

     (2)  Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
          statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
          necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
          under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to
          the period covered by this report;

     (3)  Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
          information included in this report, fairly present in all material
          respects, the financial condition, results of operations and cash
          flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
          report;

     (4)  The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for
          establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
          defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
          registrant and have:

          a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
               disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
               supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
               registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
               known to us by others within those entities, particularly during
               the period in which this report is being prepared;

          b)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
               controls and procedures and presented in this quarterly report
               our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
               controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by
               this report based on such evaluation; and

          c)   Disclosed in the report any change in the registrant's internal
               control over financial reporting that has occurred during the
               registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth
               fiscal quarter in the case of the annual report) that has
               materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
               affect, the registrant's internal control over financial
               reporting; and

     (5)  The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based
          on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
          reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the
          registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
          functions):

          a)   All significant deficiencies in the design or operation of
               internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably
               likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record,
               process, summarize and report financial information; and

          b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
               other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
               internal control over financial reporting.

Date: April 15, 2005

                                                     William H. Pursley
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                                                     William H. Pursley
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