An object of the present invention is to provide a pharmaceutical agent or composition useful as a
muscle-strengthening
drug, an anti-inflammatory
drug, an antiasthmatic, an antidiarrheal, an
antidepressant, or a
drug for the treatment of secondary diseases following
cerebral infarction, motor
paralysis,
diminution of vision,
hepatitis, inflammatory intestinal syndrome, functional
enteropathy, functional cardiopathy, functional hepatopathy, functional
nephropathy,
dementia,
climacteric symptoms,
senile dementia and / or Alzheimer
disease, and a dermatological agent or composition suitable for
skin applications, which can treat or prevent
muscle weakening and
inflammation, in particular
arthritis, by its
muscle-strengthening and / or anti-inflammatory actions, said agent or composition comprising isoflavone and / or isoflavone
glycoside in combination with a pungent substance, a bitter substance or a sour substance, and
cholic acid, and / or scymnol and / or a scymnol ester. The present invention relates to an agent or composition usuful as a muscle-strengthening drug, an anti-inflammatory drug, an antiasthmatic, an antidiarrheal, an
antidepressant, or a drug for the treatment of secondary diseases following
cerebral infarction, motor
paralysis,
diminution of vision,
hepatitis, inflammatory intestinal syndrome, functional
enteropathy, functional cardiopathy, functional hepatopathy, functional
nephropathy,
dementia,
climacteric symptoms,
senile dementia and / or Alzheimer
disease, and / or an agent or composition to be applied to the
skin, said agent or composition comprising isoflavone and / or isoflavone
glycoside in combination with a pungent substance, a bitter substance or a sour substance, and
cholic acid, and / or scymnol and / or a scymnol ester.