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'Bokhoni ba ho boloka acetylcholine bo ka ba kholo ho feta ba 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, ho fumanoe hore huperzine A 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).