Sargassum pallidum (Phaeophyceae) is broadly distributed in the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan, on the southeastern shores of Sakhalin Island, and on the southern islands of the Kuril archipelago. Algae of the genus Sargassum, including S. pallidum, produce chemical compounds of various structures such as polysaccharides (in particular, sulfated fucan), plastoquinones, chromanols, chromenes, sterols, and lipids [1][2][3][4] and are used in Eastern medicine because they exhibit antitumor, antioxidant, antiviral, and antimicrobial activities [4][5][6][7][8]. Lipids, e.g., monogalactosyldiacylglycerols from S. thunbergii exhibited antifungal activity against Candida albicans [9]; from S. fulvellum, fibrinolytic activity [10]. A sulfoglycerolipid from S. wightii showed antibacterial activity [11].During a study of the lipid composition of S. pallidum at various stages of the life cycle and at various times of the year, we detected substances that were not previously found in this alga, the contents of which were rather noticeable and had a distinct seasonal nature, in addition to the lipids typical for algae of the genus Sargassum [12]. These substances were isolated in order to study their structural properties. Lipid extracts from freshly collected specimens were obtained and separated into pure components according to the method described earlier by us [13]. The substances were purified over additional columns. The elutions were monitored by TLC on silica gel plates (Silica gel 60 F254 , Merck, Germany) using the previously described solvent systems [13,14].The neutral lipids (NL) contained according to TLC and lipid standards the usual lipids triacylglycerols (TAG) and free sterols in addition to significant quantities of free fatty acids (FFAs) and two compounds were detected. These were compound 1 that was located significantly below the FFAs and compound 2 that had an R f value slightly greater than that of the TAG. Work up of the chromatogram with H 2 SO 4 (10%) and ashing of it at 180°C gave a lilac color. We detected compound 3 in the glyceroglycolipids. It gave a positive reaction with anthrone reagent and was located on the chromatogram between monogalactosyl-and digalactosyldiacylglycerols. Compound 4 gave a positive reaction with Dragendorff's reagent and had an R f value on the chromatograms using the solvent systems for a lipid betaine [14] that was analogous to the R f value of a standard isolated by us by preparative TLC from the alga S. miyabe, in which this compound and diacylglycerohydroxymethyltrimethylalanine (DGTA) were identified [15].In our opinion, compounds 1 and 3 and FFAs are normal metabolic products of the alga and not artifacts formed during the extraction process.The structures of the compounds were identified by PMR, 13 C NMR, and 2D spectra and comparison of them with the literature. The compounds were identified as 1,2-diacyl-3-hydroxy-sn-glycerol (1, 1,2-DAG), di-(2-ethylhexyl)-phthalate (2, DEHP), 1-O-acyl-3-O-(E-D-galactopyranosyl)-sn-glycerol (3, monogalactosylmonoacylglycero...