Two new polyoxygenated steroids, (1a,3b,7a,11a,12b)-gorgost-5-ene-1,3,7,11,12-pentol 12-acetate (1) and 11-O-acetyl-22-epihippuristanol (2), and a new alkaloid, 2,3,5,6,11,11b-hexahydro-2-hydroxy-1H-indolizino [8,7-b]indole-2-carboxylic acid (3), together with three known compounds, 22-epihippuristanol (4), hippuristanol (5), and tryptamine (6), were isolated from the EtOH/CH 2 Cl 2 extracts of the South China Sea gorgonian Isis minorbrachyblasta. The structures of the new compounds were determined by spectroscopic methods. Compound 1 showed weak cytotoxicity against A549, HONE1, and HeLa cancer cell lines and strong antilarval activity towards Bugula neritina larvae with an EC 50 value of 5.8 mg/ml. Compound 5 showed moderate cytotoxicity against A549, HONE1, and HeLa cell lines, and the epimer mixture 4/5 (weight ratio 3 : 2) exhibited potent cytotoxicity against A549 and HONE1 cell lines with IC 50 values of 4.2 and 4.8 mg/ml, which indicated that epimers 4 and 5 might have a synergistic effect on their cytotoxicity against A549 and HONE1 cell lines.Introduction. -Both Isis minorbrachyblasta and I. hippuris belong to the Isis genus, Isididae family of gorgonian corals. There are reports that I. hippuris is unique concerning its steroidal constituents that can be characterized as of the hippurin or hippuristanol type having a spiroketal [1 -4], of the gorgosterol type possessing a cyclopropane [5 -7], and of the hippuristerone type containing a 3-keto function [4] [8]. These types also differ in the side-chain alkylation pattern. Some of these compounds have been reported to have significant biological activities, e.g., hippuristanol and (2a)-2-hydroxyhippuristanol showed 50% inhibition (in vitro) of DBA/MC fibrosarcoma at 0.8 and 0.1 mg/ml [2], several hippuristanol-type steroids showed potent cytotoxicity against P-388, A549, HT29, and MEL28 cancer cell lines [4], and several gorgosterol-type steroids showed moderate activity against drug-resistant cells (KBC2) expressing P-glycoprotein [7]. However, there were no reports about the chemical constituents of Isis minorbrachyblasta. In our present investigation on the chemical constituents of the South China Sea gorgonian I. minorbrachyblasta Zou 1991, two new steroids, (1a,3b,7a,11a,12b)-gorgost-5-ene-1,3,7,11,12-pentol 12-acetate (1) and 11-O-acetyl-22-epihippuristanol (2), and a new alkaloid, 2,3,5,6,11,11b-hexahydro-2-hydroxy-1H-indolizino [8,7-b]indole-2-carboxylic acid (3), were obtained, together with the three known compounds 22-epihippuristanol (4) [4], hippuristanol (5) [2] [4], and tryptamine (6) [9]. The cytotoxicity of 1, 5, and the