Exhibit 31.1
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                                 CERTIFICATION

   I, Carlton E. Turner, President and Chief Executive Officer of  Carrington
 Laboratories, Inc., certify that:

 1.  I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K of Carrington Laboratories,
 Inc.;

 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 report  our conclusions  about  the
 effectiveness of the  controls and  procedures, as of the end  of the period
 covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

      c)  Disclosed in this report any  change in  the registrant's  internal
 control over financial  reporting that occurred during the registrant's most
 recent  fiscal quarter 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 and material weaknesses 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; and


 Dated:  March 30, 2006        /s/ Carlton E. Turner
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                               Carlton E. Turner,
                               President & Chief Executive Officer
                               (principal executive officer)