Quercetin: Acts as a zinc ionophore... Covid info inside

Quercetin

Acts as a zinc ionophore...
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Quercetin (medical journals)
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A made-in-Canada solution to the coronavirus outbreak?
The best hope for an antiviral drug may come from Michel Chrétien's Montreal lab
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"During the last decade, research by Chrétien, Mbikay, and colleagues has suggested that quercetin can protect mice from Ebola and Zika viruses. After the recent COVID-19 outbreak, they proposed quercetin to Chinese health officials as a potential wide-spectrum antiviral drug"

Researchers Propose Quercetin Treatment for COVID-19
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"They then investigated quercetin’s inhibiting effects on parasites, bacteria, and viruses, especially after the outbreaks of the SARS-CoV and Ebola viruses in 2003 and 2018, respectively. These investigations unravelled the pivotal role of quercetin not only as an anti-metabolic compound through affecting PCSK9 and lowering cholesterol but also as a potential antiviral agent that targets the entry process of viruses."