Abstract Four steroidal compounds were isolated from the fresh flowers of Yuccagloriosa and their structures were elucidated as tigogenin 3-O-β- d -xylopyranosyl-β-lycotetraoside, gitogenin 3-O-β- d -xylopyranosyl-β-lycotetraoside, gitogenin 3-O-α- l -rhamnopyranosyl-β-lycotetraoside and proto-type of gitogenin 3-O-β- d -xylopyranosyl-β-lycotetraoside, on the basis of physical and chemical investigations