PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compound useful as an anti-inflammatory agent and to provide an anti-inflammatory agent using the same.SOLUTION: The invention provides an anti-inflammatory agent containing as an active ingredient a phenanthrene compound which can be obtained from propolis from Senegal.COPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】抗炎症剤として有用な化合物及びこれを用いた抗炎症剤を提供すること。こと。【解決手段】セネガル産プロポリスから得ることができるフェナントレン化合物を有効成分とする抗炎症剤。【選択図】図7