Huperzine-A

Description

Product name:Huperzine-A
Latin Name:Lycopodium serratum Thunb
Product Specification:1~*8% Huperzine
Test method:HPLC
Cas No.:**********6
Product Type: Brown powder(1%), Brown yellow powder(5%), White crystalline powder(*8%)
Part of the Plant Used:Whole herb(Dried, **0% Natural)
Extract Method: Grain Alcohol/water

Pharmacology Action: Huperzine A may have cognition-enhancing activity, can maintains

acetylcholine levels for healthy cognitive function and promotes enhanced memory and cell

to cell communication,it is potentially ward off the devastating effect of the memory-

robbing disease Alzheimer's.

Product introduction:
Huperzine-A is one of the alkaloids contained in a plant known as Chinese club moss. Other

types of club moss are common in the United States, but true Chinese club moss is very hard

to find on the U.S. market. It can be grown in Hawaii, but not in any other part of this

country. Believed to be largely unchanged from prehistoric plants, club mosses are small

ground covers that do not produce flowers. Related to the fern family of plants, they

spread by sending out spores instead of seeds. They thrive in damp, shaded areas such as

tropical woodlands and the edges of swamps. Huperzine A and huperzine B are two of the

chemicals that have been separated from Chinese club moss. Huperzine B is also an

acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, but because its effects are much weaker than those of

huperzine A, most research has focused on huperzine A. Synthetic forms of huperzine A have

been made in chemical laboratories and they appear to be as effective as natural huperzine

A in studies. Huperzine A has also been combined or "hybridized" with the prescription drug

tacrine (Cognex), an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor approved by the U.S. Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) for treating Alzheimer's disease. The resulting "huprine" combination

seems to be more effective at limiting acetylcholinesterase activity than either agent

alone. Much more study needs to be done on the possible effects of huperzine A, huperzine

B, huprine, and other chemicals derived from Chinese club moss.