Soyasaponins were detected by GC and GC-MS in different organs of GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA, particularly in the seed, hypocotyl and rootlet, whereas glycyrrhizin was detected exclusively in the thickening root and the stolon. An inverse relationship was found between the soyasaponins content and the glycyrrhizin content in the growing stolon and in the roots at different stages of growth.