Abstract:It has been found out that the saponins from stems and leaves of Panax,quinque folium(PQS)cannon-competitively antagonize the dose-response curves of norepinephrine(NE),potassium chloride and calcium chlo-ride on the isolated aortic strips of rabbits, and obviously inhibit intracellular and extracellular Ca2+-dependent con-traction of the aortic strips induced by NE. These effects of PQS are similar to verapamil.