Patent ID: 8658629

Claim:
A method for prophylaxis or treatment of a wasting disease, comprising administering to a mammal in need thereof an effective amount of a lanostane compound of formula (I): wherein R 1 is —H or —CH 3 ; R 2 is —OCOCH 3 , ═O, or —OH; R 3 is —H or —OH; R 4 is —C(═CH 2 )—C(CH 3 ) 2 R a , or —CH═C(CH 3 )R b , in which R a is —H or —OH, and R b is —CH 3 or —CH 2 OH; R 5 is —H or —OH; and R 6 is —CH 3 or —CH 2 OH, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.