COMPOSITIONS FOR PREVENTION OR TREATMENT OF ANOREXIA-CACHEXIA SYNDROME AND USES THEREOF

摘要

A pharmaceutical composition for 1 ) increasing weight gain; and/or 2) de creasing weight loss; and/or 3) increasing appetite in a subject in need the reof, comprising purified .beta.-caryophyllene together with a pharmaceutica lly acceptable carrier. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions for us e in the prevention or treatment of Anorexia-Cachexia Syndrome, the pharmace utical composition comprising purified .beta.-caryophyllene together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.