Huperziake mofuta oa boriba bo melang Chaena.E amana le mosi oa lihlopha (lelapa la Lycopodiaceae) 'me litsebi tse ling tsa limela li tsejoa e le Lycopodium serratum.Boriba bohle bo lokisitsoeng bo ne bo sebelisoa ka moetlo.Litokisetso tsa kajeno tsa litlama li sebelisa feela alkaloid e ka thōko e tsejoang e le huperzine A. Huperzine A ke alkaloid e fumanoang huperzia e tlalehiloeng ho thibela ho senyeha ha acetylcholine, ntho ea bohlokoa e hlokoang ke tsamaiso ea methapo ho fetisetsa boitsebiso ho tloha seleng ho ea ho sele.Lipatlisiso ka liphoofolo li bontšitse hore huperzine A'Matla a ho boloka acetylcholine a ka ba kholo ho feta a litlhare tse ling tsa ngaka.Ho lahleheloa ke mosebetsi oa acetylcholine ke tšobotsi e ka sehloohong ea mathata a mangata a boko, ho akarelletsa le Alzheimer's lefu .Huperzine A e ka boela ea e-ba le phello e sireletsang liseleng tsa boko, ea eketsa bokhoni ba eona ba ho thusa ho fokotsa matšoao a mathata a mang a boko.

[Mosebetsi] Ha e sebelisoa mekhoeng e meng ea phekolo, huperzine A e fumanoe e sebetsa e le cholinesterase inhibitor, mofuta oa moriana o sebelisetsoang ho thibela ho senyeha ha acetylcholine (k’hemik’hale e hlokahalang bakeng sa ho ithuta le ho hopola).

Ha e sebelisoe feela joalo ka kalafo ea Alzheimer's, huperzine A e boetse e boleloa e matlafatsa ho ithuta le mohopolo le ho sireletsa khahlanong le ho fokotseha ho amanang le lilemo.

Holim'a moo,huperzine Aka linako tse ling e sebelisoa ho matlafatsa matla, ho eketsa ho falimeha, le ho thusa ho phekola myasthenia gravis (lefu la autoimmune le amang mesifa).