PURPOSE: A composition containing piperidine compounds which is an inhibitor of peroxiredoxin activity is provided to treat and prevent cancer. CONSTITUTION: A pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating cancer suppresses Prx I activation. The composition contains piperidine compounds of chemical formula I, isomer, and pharmacologically acceptable salt as an active ingredient. In general formula I, P is phenyl group or pyrrol group; X is ketone group(C=O) or sulfonyl group(SO_2); and Q is hydrogen, halogen, methoxy group, ethoxy group, phenyl group, phenyl amine group, or styrene group. An inhibitor of Prx I activation contains the piperidine compounds of chemical formula I as an active ingredient. An anti-cancer drug contaisn the piperidine compounds, isomer, pharmaceutically acceptabke salt as an active ingredient.본 발명은 퍼옥시레독신의 활성 저해제로서 사용되는 피페리딘계 화합물을 유효성분으로 포함하는 암 질환의 치료 및 예방을 위한 약학조성물을 제공한다. 구체적으로, 본 발명의 피페리딘계 유도체들은 암세포에서 퍼옥시레독신의 활성을 저해함으로써, 암 질환의 치료 및 예방을 위한 약학조성물로 이용가능하다.