THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO A COMPOSITION CONTAINING AN EXTRACT OBTAINED FROM THE LEAVES OF PIPER SARMENTOSUM AND COLLAGEN. THE COMPOSITION OF THE PRESENT INVENTION CAN BE CONSUMED ORALLY IN A DAILY SERVING AND IS EFFECTIVE IN ACCELERATING THE REGENERATION OF CARTILAGE IN JOINTS AND IS USEFUL FOR RELIEVING JOINT PAIN IN PEOPLE WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS.