Huperziayog hom moss uas loj hlob hauv Suav teb. Nws muaj feem xyuam rau cov qws mosses (Lycopodiaceae tsev neeg) thiab paub txog qee cov botanists li Lycopodium serratum . Tag nrho cov moss npaj tau siv ib txwm siv. Kev npaj tshuaj ntsuab niaj hnub tsuas yog siv cov alkaloid cais hu ua huperzine A. Huperzine A yog alkaloid pom nyob rau hauv huperzia uas tau tshaj tawm los tiv thaiv kev tawg ntawm acetylcholine, ib yam khoom tseem ceeb uas xav tau los ntawm lub paj hlwb kom xa cov ntaub ntawv ntawm tes mus rau ntawm tes. Kev tshawb fawb tsiaj tau pom tias huperzine A's muaj peev xwm khaws cia acetylcholine yuav ntau dua li ntawm qee cov tshuaj noj. Kev poob ntawm acetylcholine muaj nuj nqi yog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm ntau yam kev ua haujlwm ntawm lub hlwb, suav nrog Alzheimer's mob. Huperzine A kuj tseem tuaj yeem muaj kev tiv thaiv ntawm cov ntaub so ntswg ntawm lub hlwb, ntxiv dag zog rau nws txoj kev muaj peev xwm los pab txo cov tsos mob ntawm qee lub hlwb.

[Function] Siv lwm cov tshuaj, huperzine A tau pom tias ua raws li cholinesterase inhibitor, ib hom tshuaj siv los tiv thaiv kev tawg ntawm acetylcholine (ib yam tshuaj tseem ceeb rau kev kawm thiab kev nco).

Tsis tsuas yog siv los ua kev kho mob rau Alzheimer's tus kab mob, huperzine A kuj tau hais los txhim kho kev kawm thiab kev nco thiab tiv thaiv lub hnub nyoog txog kev paub txog kev poob qis.

Ntxiv rau,huperzine AQee zaum siv los txhawb lub zog, nce kev ceeb toom, thiab pab kho mob myasthenia gravis (ib qho mob autoimmune uas cuam tshuam rau cov leeg).