Abstract: Seven triterpenoid saponins were isolated from the 10% EtOH extract of the root of Glycyrrhiza nflata Bat. On the basis of chemical and spectroscopic methods, two of them were identified as glycyrrhetic acid-3-O-β-D-6''-ethyl-glucuronopyranosyl-(1→2)-β-D-6' -n-butyl-glucuro-nopyranoside(1), and lycyrrhetic acid-3-O-β-D-6''-n-butyl-glucuronopyranosyl-(1→2)-β-D-6'-n-ethyl-glucuronopyranoside(2). Both are new compounds and named inflasaponins Ⅱ and Ⅵ respectively.

Key words: Glycyrrhiza inflata, Inflasaponin II, Inflasaponin VI