The present invention relates to uses of cyclo(his-pro) (CHP) for enhancing
exercise performance, improving
muscle function, or preventing, alleviating, or treating
muscle diseases and, more specifically, provides a pharmaceutical composition, a food composition, a
feed additive, a method for enhancing
exercise performance, a method for improving
muscle function or for preventing, alleviating, or treating muscle diseases, and a method for enhancing
muscle strength, each using cyclo(his-pro) as an
active ingredient, wherein the cyclo(his-pro) can be used not only in enhancing
exercise performance and strengthening
muscle strength by exhibiting effects of increasing
muscle strength, movement coordination, resistance to
muscle fatigue, sense of balance, and muscle energy production, but also in enhancing muscle function or preventing, alleviating, or treating muscle diseases by exhibiting effects of increasing
muscle mass and muscle
fiber size, inhibiting
muscle loss,
muscle atrophy, and improving muscle energy production.