It is provided a pharmaceutical composition stably containing ghrelin or
its derivative, which is an endogenous growth hormone secretagogue (GHS)
to a growth hormone secretagogue-receptor (GHS-R), comprising a aqueous
solution containing the ghrelins having pH range of 2 to 7, wherein the
aqueous solution having pH range of 2 to 7 is a buffer solution,
especially, glycine hydrochloride buffer, acetate buffer, citrate buffer,
lactate buffer, phosphate buffer, citric acid-phosphate buffer,
phosphate-acetate-borate buffer or phthalate buffer, and the
concentration of the ghrelins in the solution is from 0.03 nmol/mL to 6
.mu.mol/mL.