Five new triterpene saponins, 3-O-MG SRC="/images/gifchars/alpha.gif" BORDER=0>-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1mages/entities/rarr.gif">2)-mages/gifchars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">-D-glucuronopyranosyl-22-O-mages/gifchars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">,mages/gifchars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">-dimethylacryloyl-A1-barrigenol (1), 3-O-mages/gifchars/alpha.gif" BORDER=0>-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1mages/entities/rarr.gif">2)-mages/gifchars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">-D-glucuronopyranosyl-22-O-angeloyl-R1-barrigenol (2), 3-O-mages/gifchars/alpha.gif" BORDER=0>-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1mages/entities/rarr.gif">2)-mages/gifchars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">-D-glucuronopyranosyl-21-O-acetyl-22-O-angeloyl-R1-barrigenol (3), 3-O-mages/gifchars/alpha.gif" BORDER=0>-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1mages/entities/rarr.gif">2)-mages/gifchars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">-D-glucuronopyranosyl-21-O-acetyl-22-O-mages/gifchars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">,mages/gifchars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">-dimethylacryloyl-R1-barrigenol (4), and 3-O-mages/gifchars/alpha.gif" BORDER=0>-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1mages/entities/rarr.gif">2)-mages/gifchars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">-D-glucuronopyranosyl-22-O-angeloyl-28-O-acetyl-R1-barrigenol (5), were isolated from the roots of Eryngiumcampestre. Their structures were established mainly by 2D NMR techniques and mass spectrometry. Compounds 1-4and 3-O-mages/gifchars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">-D-glucopyranosyl-(1mages/entities/rarr.gif">2)-[mages/gifchars/alpha.gif" BORDER=0>-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1mages/entities/rarr.gif">4)]-mages/gifchars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">-D-glucuronopyranosyl-22-O-mages/gifchars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">,mages/gifchars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">-dimethylacryloyl-A1-barrigenol, previously isolated from the same plant, showed a weak cytotoxicity when tested against HCT 116and HT 29 human colon cancer cells.