[Latin Name]Huperzia serratum

[Source] Huperziceae whole herb from China

[Appearance]Brown to white

[Ingredient]Huperzine A

[Specification]Huperzine A 1% – 5%, HPLC

[Solubility] Soluble in chloroform, methanol, ethanol, slightly soluble in water

[Particle size] 80 Mesh

[Loss on drying] ≤5.0%

[Heavy Metal] ≤10PPM

[Pesticide residue] EC396-2005, USP 34, EP 8.0, FDA

[Storage] Store in cool & dry area, keep away from the direct light and heat.

[Shelf life] 24 Months

[Package] Packed in paper-drums and two plastic-bags inside.

[What is Huperzine A]

Huperzia is a type of moss that grows in China. It is related to club mosses (the Lycopodiaceae family) and is known to some botanists as Lycopodium serratum . The whole prepared moss was used traditionally. Modern herbal preparations use only the isolated alkaloid known as huperzine A. Huperzine A is an alkaloid found in huperzia that has been reported to prevent the breakdown of acetylcholine, an important substance needed by the nervous system to transmit information from cell to cell. Animal research has suggested that huperzine A’s ability to preserve acetylcholine may be greater than that of some prescription drugs. Loss of acetylcholine function is a primary feature of several disorders of brain function, including Alzheimer’s disease . Huperzine A may also have a protective effect on brain tissue, further increasing its theoretical potential for helping reduce symptoms of some brain disorders.

[Function] Used in alternative medicine, huperzine A has been found to act as a cholinesterase inhibitor, a type of medicine used to prevent the breakdown of acetylcholine (a chemical essential to learning and memory).

Not only used as a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, huperzine A is also said to enhance learning and memory and to protect against age-related cognitive decline.

In addition, huperzine A is sometimes used to boost energy, increase alertness, and aid in the treatment of myasthenia gravis (an autoimmune disorder that affects the muscles).

Supplemental Movie 1.
Time-lapse fluorescence imaging of germinating Arabidopsis pollen using Spinning Disk Confocal Microscopy. Pollen expressing GFP-tagged Armadillo Repeat Only 1 (ARO1) was germinated in vitro in a self-made multi-well micro-germination setup on solidified pollen germination medium (PGM) containing 10 µM 24-Epibrassinolide, a phytosterol from the brassinosteroid family, to promote pollen germination and elongation, as described by Vogler et al. (Plant Reprod (2014) 27:153-167; DOI 10.1007/s00497-014-0247-x). Simultaneous imaging in an exemplary 10 well micro-germination setup was performed over 6 hours. Every position shows maximum intensity projections of 11 optical slices, imaged every 3 minutes. Pollen tubes start to emerge from the pollen grains 1h after incubation. Mounting pollen in this micro-germination setup allows simultaneous imaging of up to twelve (or even more) independent PGM pads under one cover slip. The inexpensive and easy-to-perform technique is amenable to every standard microscope (upright or inverse) and illumination technique (Epifluorescence, CLSM, Spinning Disc, TIRF, 2-Photon).
Time stamper (upper left) shows hours and minutes. Position B1 was readjusted after 1 h PT growth. Image processing was performed using the open source software ImageJ. Scale bar (lower right): 50 µm.

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