Nutritional approach for increasing public health during pandemic of COVID-19: A comprehensive review of antiviral nutrients and nutraceuticals

Vahideh Ebrahimzadeh-Attari ¹ , Ghodratollah Panahi ², James R. Hebert ^3,4, Alireza Ostadrahimi ⁵, Maryam Saghafi-Asl ⁵ * , Neda Lotfi-Yaghin ⁶ * , Behzad Baradaran ⁷

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