OBJECTIVE:To study the chemical constituents of roots of Tripterygium wilfordine Hook .f. METHODS: Lignans compounds were extracted and separated by means of cool ethanol extraction and chromatography on silica gel.Their structures were determined by physical,chemical and spectral data analysis. RESULTS: Three compounds were isolated from ethanol extracts:①Lignans compounds:Ⅰ:medioresinol;Ⅱ:syringaresinol;②sesquierpene olide:Ⅲ:wilforonide. CONCLUSION: CompoundⅠ,Ⅱ were separated from Tripterygium wilfordine Hook .f. for the first time.