Abstract: The invention relates to agents for treating and preventing stomatitis, comprising an L-carnosine zinc salt or L-carnosine-zinc complex, or such a compound and sodium alginate.
The agents are excellent in therapeutic and preventive effects on stomatitis and particularly exhibit marked effects on stomatitis caused by chemotherapy or radiotherapy for cancer.
Abstract: The present invention relates to an orally-administrable osteogenesis promoter, which comprises, as an active ingredient, a zinc salt or complex of L-carnosine, has excellent osteogenesis-accelerating action, and is extremely low in toxicity and side effects.