A phytochemical study on the leaves of Cordyline stricta yielded four new spirostanol saponins,
three new furostanol saponins and a new pregnane glucoside. The structures were determined by detailed
analysis of their ~H and '3C NMR spectra, acid-catalysed hydrolysis and by comparison with spectral data of
known compounds. Each of the isolated steroidal compounds contained a 3~-hydroxyl group bearing a glucose
as the common structural feature.