Huperziaimhando yemoss inokura kuChina.Iyo ine hukama nekirabhu mosses (iyo mhuri yeLycopodiaceae) uye inozivikanwa kune dzimwe botanists seLycopodium serratum.Iyo yose yakagadzirwa moss yakashandiswa tsika.Mishonga yemazuva ano yemishonga inoshandisa chete alkaloid yakaparadzana inozivikanwa sehuperzine A. Huperzine A is an alkaloid inowanikwa muhuperzia yakashumwa kudzivirira kuparara kweacetylcholine, chinhu chinokosha chinodiwa netsinga dzetsinga kufambisa mashoko kubva kune sero kuenda kune sero.Tsvakurudzo yemhuka yakaratidza kuti huperzine A'Kugona kuchengetedza acetylcholine kunogona kunge kwakakura kupfuura kweimwe mishonga yakanyorwa nachiremba.Kurasika kweacetylcholine basa chinhu chekutanga chekukanganisika kwakawanda kwehuropi basa, kusanganisira Alzheimer's chirwere .Huperzine A inogona zvakare kuve nekudzivirira pahuropi tishu, ichiwedzera kuwedzera kwayo dzidziso yekubatsira kuderedza zviratidzo zvekumwe kusagadzikana kwehuropi.

[Basa] Inoshandiswa mukurapa kwakasiyana, huperzine A yakawanikwa ichiita secholinesterase inhibitor, rudzi rwemishonga inoshandiswa kudzivirira kuparara kweacetylcholine (kemikari inokosha pakudzidza nekuyeuka).

Haisi kungoshandiswa sekurapa kweAlzheimer's chirwere, huperzine A inonziwo inowedzera kudzidza nekuyeuka uye kudzivirira kubva mukuderera kwekuziva kwakabatana nezera.

Pamusoro pe,huperzine Adzimwe nguva inoshandiswa kuwedzera simba, kuwedzera kusvinura, uye kubatsira mukurapa myasthenia gravis (chirwere che autoimmune chinokanganisa tsandanyama).