To compare chemical properties of irradiated legumes (soybean, peanut, red bean, mung bean) produced in Korea and China, radiation-induced hydrocarbons from the samples were investigated. The legumes were gamma-irradiated at 0.5, 1, 2 and 4 kGy, from which lipid was extracted with hexane. Hydrocarbons were separated by florisil column chromatography and then analyzed with GC-MS method. The chromatograms of irradiated samples showed several radiation-induced hydrocarbons, which were affected by the fatty acid compositions of legumes. Hydrocarbons, such as 1, 7, 10-hexadecatriene (16:3),6,9-heptadecadiene (17 : 2), 1, 7-hexadecadiene (16 : 2) and 8-heptadecene (17 : 1), were predominantly detected in soybean, peanut and red bean irradiated at 0.5 kGy or above, whereas 17 : 1 was not found in mung bean. The detected amount of hydrocarbons increased with irradiation doses. There is no apparent difference in qualitative and quantitative profiles of the corresponding hydrocarbons depending on the origin of legumes.