Acenta Discover Inc. has signed a license agreement with Wake Forest to use its patented memory-aiding technology based on a combination of huperzine A—a compound found in the Chinese club moss plant—and soy products. Acenta will use the license to develop a “nutraceutical”… to slow memory loss, said Alan Kozikowski, Acenta’s founder and CEO…Long used medicinally in China, huperzine A already is being used in that country to treat Alzheimer’s disease. In the U.S., huperzine A is sold over-the-counter in nutritional supplements advertised as memory aids. But they typically don’t contain enough of the compound to work and may not use pure enough compounds, Kozikowski said.

—David Wichner, Arizona Daily Star, 9/22/05