Abstract: Two dammarane-type saponins, that saponin A and saponin C have been isolated from the rhizome of Panax notoginseng (Burk.) F. H. Chen, and have been identified as ginsenoside Rgl (6,2O-di-O-β-D-glucosyl-20S-protopanax-triol), and ginsenoside-Rb2 (20S- protopanaxadiol- 3- [O-β-D-glucopyr-anosyl (1→ 2 )-β-D- glucopyranoside] -20- [O-α- L-arabinopyanosyl (1→ 6)-β-D-g1ucopyranoside] respectively.

Key words: Saponin-components-plant