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Posted by wrotek (Member # 5354) on :

Has anyone tried this ? Taking zinc picolinate ?

The salt‐sensitive structure and zinc inhibition of Borrelia burgdorferi protease BbHtrA
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/mmi.13251

Examination of the influence of transition metals on the activity of BbHtrA revealed that this protease is inhibited by Zn2+ > Cu2+ > Mn2+

seems to be important

Lyme disease spirochaetes possess an aggrecan-binding
protease with aggrecanase activity
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/mmi.12276

Zinc picolinate is interesting part of this als recovery case

https://www.karger.com/Article/Pdf/477397