Can hydroxychloroquine be made by boiling grapefruit and lemon peels in water?
By Alexis Tereszcuk
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A video on a YouTube channel spends almost six minutes purporting to show viewers how to make their own hydroxychloroquine at home by boiling citrus peels.
This is not possible, according to a professor of chemistry and pharmaceutical sciences at Howard University.
It is made by chemical synthesis in a laboratory and is not a natural product found in the peel of citrus fruits.
What you would be doing is releasing molecules called terpenes, such as limonene, an ingredient in Mr. Clean.
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