CACHEXIA IMPROVING PREPARATION AND CACHEXIA IMPROVING FOOD

摘要

Disclosed are a preparation or food for use in the treatment or prevetion of cachexia occurring in a disease such as diabetes, an endocrine disease, a vascular disease, malignant tumor and tuberculosis. The cachexia improving preparation or food comprises, as an active ingredient, a plant belonging to Euphobiaceae Sapium and/or an extract from the plant, preferably a plant Sapium sebiferum and/or an extract from the plant. The cachexia improving food preferably contains a plant Sapium sebiferum in an amount of 30% by weight or more based on the total weight of the food, or contains an extract produced from this amount of the plant Sapium sebiferum.