The hypothesized mechanism of action by which<unk>  reduces the severity and/or duration of<unk>  symptoms is the suppression of nasal inflammation and the direct inhibition of rhinoviral receptor binding and rhinoviral replication in the nasal mucosa.<unk>  has been known for many years to have an effect on<unk>  viruses in the laboratory. In the arteriviridae and coronaviridae families of virus that also cause the common<unk> , in vitro studies found that<unk>  ionophores block the replication of those viruses in cell culture.
Zinc and the common cold
Vitamin C and the common cold
Vitamin D and respiratory tract infections
Lewis lead
MMR vaccine and autism
Breastfeeding and HIV
Alcohol and cancer
Alcohol and cardiovascular disease