The saponins isolated form the herb of Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer were investigated as compared with ginseng root saponins. By adopting DEAE cellulose ion exchange chromatography the pure saponins were isolated from Korean ginseng roots and leaves. The ginseng root and leaf saponins showed some differences in the pattern of the two-dimensional thin layer chromatogram. The ratio of panaxediol to panaxatriol in the saponins was 1.7 in the roots and 3.5 in the leaves. Infrasted spectrum of ginseng leaf saponins isolated by liquid chromatography was identical with that of root saponins.