PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a novel dehydrozingerone derivative having more intense anticancer activity, particularly activity against oral cavity cancer, than dehydrozingerone, p-coumaric acid and luteolin, to provide a method for efficiently and safely producing the novel dehydrozingerone derivative, and to provide an anticancer agent containing the novel dehydrozingerone derivative, and further, foods, pharmaceutical products and quasi drugs.SOLUTION: There are provided the novel dehydrozingerone derivative which is expressed by formula (1) and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】デヒドロジンゲロン、p-クマル酸及びルテオリンより強力な抗癌活性、特に口腔癌に対する活性を有する新規デヒドロジンゲロン誘導体、該新規デヒドロジンゲロン誘導体を、効率よく、安全に生成する方法、前記新規デヒドロジンゲロン誘導体を含有することを特徴とする抗癌剤、さらには食品、医薬品、医薬部外品を提供する。【解決手段】式(1):で示される新規デヒドロジンゲロン誘導体又はその薬学的に許容可能な塩。【選択図】なし