Patent ID: 7749957

Claim:
A peptide reagent having a general structure selected from the group consisting of: a) (CLAYBD) n ; b) (CLAYBD x -BA p ) n ; c) (CLAYBD x -AD y ) n ; d) (CLAYBD x -TBD y ) n ; e) [(CLAYBD x -L s ) q -(TBD y -L t ) r ] n ; f) [(CLAYBD x -L s ) q -(CLAYBD y -L t ) r ] n ; g) (CLAYBD x -L-BA) n ; and h) [(CLAYBD) q -L x -(CLAYBD) r ] n -L-BA; wherein: i) CLAYBD is a clay-binding domain having affinity for a clay moiety; ii) BA is at least one benefit agent; iii) AD is at least one active domain incorporated into a clay-binding peptide; iv) TBD is at least one target binding domain incorporated into a clay-binding peptide; v) L is a linker molecule; vi) n, p, x, y, q, and r independently range from 1-20; and vii) s and t are each independently 0 or 1, provided that both s and t may not be 0 wherein, the clay binding peptide of the clay binding peptide domain (CLAYBD) is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 204-218.