One kinds of glycolipid (SBI) have been isolated from the marine brown alga Sargassum hemiphyllum (Turn.) Ag. The structures of SBI have been determined as the sodium salt of 1-0-acyl-3-0-(6 ' -sulfo-alpha -D-quinovopyrannosyl glycerol (acyl: tetradecanoyl, pentadecanoyl, 11-hexadecenoyl, hexadecanoyl, 10,13-octadecadienoyl, 9-octade cenoyl, 15-metylheptadecanoyl and 11-eicosenoyl 17:1.5: 19:153:1 :19:1:2) on the basis of chemical and spectral evidence and GC-MS analysis, respectively. Four constituents of the SBI were new compounds [the sodium salt of 1-0-(11 " -hexadecenoyl)-3-0-(6 " -sulfo-alpha -D-quinovopyrannosyl) glycerol, the sodium salt of 1-0-(10 " ,13 " -octadecadienoyl)-3-0-(6 ' -sulfo-alpha -D-quinovopyrannosyl) glycerol, and the sodium salt of 1-0-(15 " -metylhexadecenoyl) -3-0-(6 ' -sulfo-alpha -D-quinovopyrannosyl) glycerol, and the sodium salt of 1-0-(11 " -eicosenoyl)-3-0-(6 ' -sulfo-alpha -D-quinovopyrannosyl) glycerol]. All compounds were isolated from marine brown alga for the first time.