Export-supported jobs linked to manufacturing account for an estimated 1.2 percent of Hawaii's total private-sector employment. Approximately 5.3 percent of all manufacturing workers in Hawaii depend on exports for their jobs.
Hydergine (generic: ergoloid mesylates), whose chemical name is dihydroergotoxine mesylate, is an FDA-approved drug used to aid in the treatment of older individuals showing signs of neurodegenerative disease. It is thought to have both neuroprotective (protective of the brain cells) and nootropic effects.
Berberine is a quaternary ammonium salt from the protoberberine group of isoquinoline alkaloids. It is found in such plants as Berberis [e.g.erberine was supposedly used in China as a broad-spectrum anti-microbial medicine by Shennong around 3000 BC. This first recorded use of Berberine is described in the ancient Chinese medical book The Divine Farmer's Herb-Root Classic.