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In this study, metabolomic investigation of the edible parts of\n                    <jats:italic>Oreorchis patens<\/jats:italic>\n                    , a plant classified in China as having food and medicine homology, led to the identification of six phenanthrene derivatives, including two monomers and four dimers. Their planar structures and absolute configurations were established by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and electronic circular dichroism, supported by computational chemistry analyses. Among these compounds, phenanthrene dimer\n                    <jats:bold>3<\/jats:bold>\n                    exhibited notable anti-inflammatory activity in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated murine alveolar (MH-S) macrophages. More importantly, compound\n                    <jats:bold>3<\/jats:bold>\n                    was found to stably bind to the allosteric drug and metabolite site of adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK), thereby protecting the kinase from dephosphorylation and promoting its activation. Activated AMPK was subsequently shown to regulate NF-\u03baB signaling, resulting in pronounced anti-inflammatory effects. 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