Three new steroidalsaponins were isolated from the rhizomes of Smilax officinalis. The structures of these saponins were established by extensive spectral data, hydrolysis and chemical correlation as sarsasapogenin 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->4)-[alpha-L-arabinopyranosyl-(1-->6 )-beta- D-glucopyranoside, neotigogenin 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->4)-[alpha-L-arabinopyranosyl-(1-->6 )]-beta- D-glucopyranoside