Phenylimidazole derivatives, and therapeutic or prophylactic agents, such as inflammatory diseases

Provided inflammatory diseases, diseases caused by lipid oxidation, the active ingredients for medicaments useful for the treatment or prevention of such chorioretinal disorders. Phenylimidazole derivative or a salt thereof represented by the formula (IB) and the like. The phenylimidazole derivatives, containing at least one selected from the salts and their metabolites as active ingredient, inflammatory diseases, diseases caused by lipid oxidation, such as choroid disorders, therapeutic or prophylactic agents. Wherein (IB), R [Formula 1]