Objective To study compounds of the leaves of Aralia elata (Miq. ) Seem.. Methods Chemical constituents were isolated by silica gel column chromatography, ODS column chromatography and preparative HPLC, chemical characters and spectroscopic analysis were employed for the structural identification. Results Five compounds were obtained from the leaves of A. elata(Miq. )Seem. And they were elucidated as glucocaulophyllogenin(l), glycoside st-B(2), silphioside E(3), kaempferol 3-0-β-D-glucopyranoside(4) and quercetin(5). Conclusions Compound 1 is a new natural product,compounds 2-4 are isolated from this genus for the first time and compound 5 is isolated from this plant for the first time.