Detailed Product Description

Botanical Name: Huperzia serratum 

Specification:

Huperzine A 1% 5% 98%, HPLC

Part Used: Dry stalk and leaf 

Pharmacological actions:

Huperzine A can be used for those who have healthy Memory Disorder. It can significantly improved AD patients cognitive function, behavior and mental obstacles, as well as those dementia patients and those who have memory disorder which caused by brain disease.

Introduction:

1. Sources and habitation

Huperzine A is a plant alkaloid derived from the Chinese club moss plant, Huperzia serrata, which is a member of the Lycopodium species. Huperzia serrata has been used in Chinese folk medicine for the treatment of fevers and inflammation.

Huperzine A is also known as HUP, hup A and selagine. In Chinese medicine, the extract of Huperzia serrata is known as Chien Tseng Ta and shuangyiping. Huperzine A derivatives are being developed for pharmaceutical application

2. Descriptions and Specifications of Product

Content Specifications. 98% Huperzine A by HPLC

Huperzine A

Molecular Formula. C15H18N2O

Molecular Mass. 242.316

CAS NO. 102518-79-6

3. Indications and Uses

Huperzine A has potent pharmacological effects and, particularly since long-term safety has not been determined, it should only be used with medical supervision. It may have some effectiveness in Alzheimer's disease and age-related memory impairment. It has been used to treat fever and some inflammatory disorders, but there is no credible scientific evidence to support these uses.