The present invention relates to an enteral nutrient for inflammatory bowel disease patients, including an active hexose correlated compound obtained by culturing mycelia of basidiomycetes. The enteral nutrient of the present invention is an enteral nutrient which is expected to exhibit an advantageous effect of AHCC on cancer patients and an action of alleviating inflammation in inflammatory bowel diseases, and to exhibit an action of inhibiting inflammation in patients who are suffering fromulcerative colitis or Crohn' s disease and thus have difficulty with oral nutritional intake.
