Huperzine A (HUP-er-zeen) is a potent chemical derived from a particular type of club moss (Huperzia serrata [Thumb] Trev.). Like caffeine and cocaine, huperzine A is a medicinally active, plant-derived chemical that belongs to the class known as alkaloids.It was first isolated in 1948 by Chinese scientists.uperzine A (HUP-er-zeen) is a potent chemical derived from a particular type of club moss (Huperzia serrata [Thumb] Trev.). Like caffeine and cocaine, huperzine A is a medicinally active, plant-derived chemical that belongs to the class known as alkaloids.
A gladiator (Latin: gladiator, swordsman, from gladius, sword) was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned criminals.
Some gladiators did not fight more than two or three times a year, and the best of them became popular heroes (appearing often on graffiti, for example: Celadus the Thraex is the heart-throb of the girls). Skilled fighters might win a good deal of money and the wooden sword (rudis) that symbolized their freedom.