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This Easy To Find Over-the-Counter Drug Fights COVID Like Hydroxychloroquine By Amber Crawford | Dec 29, 2021 81 SHARES Share Tweet Telegram Email Quercetin, a flavonoid (plant pigment) found in many plants and foods such as onions, green tea, apples, red leaf lettuce, and berries, has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects that, according to WebMD, help reduce swelling, kill cancer cells, control blood sugar, and help prevent heart disease. Now, quercetin is being studied regarding its benefits in fighting SARS-CoV-2 and is showing similar effects as hydroxychloroquine. Modern Discontent, an independent publisher of scientific papers on COVID-19, has posted an anthology series on quercetin and its benefits in relation to COVID. In this series, Modern Discontent reviews how quercetin helps shuttle zinc, which has antiviral activity, into the cell. It has also been shown (via a computer-modeled study) to inhibit SARS-CoV-2 spike protein to ACE2 receptor ...