Indien de werkzaamheid van HCQ te danken valt aan zijn ionofore werking, is een mogelijk ander alternatief een actieve componenten uit groene thee: epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG).
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2020-08-05/hydroxychloroquine-and-coronavirus
Fortunately, the main active ingredient in green tea, epigallocatechin gallate ("EGCG") has been shown by a team of Spanish scientists to be 60% as powerful a zinc ionophore as clioquinol, which is the world's most powerful zinc ionophore. Dr. Juan Bautista Fernández Larre - a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili - and his team have published several scientific papers on the topic.