The extraction of panaxynol and panaxydol from Korean ginseng was found to be op-timal at 55$^{circ}C$ for the shaking method, 80$^{circ}C$ for the soxhlet method, and 65$^{circ}C$ for the supercritical extraction method. The amount of extracted panaxydol and panaxynol, and their increased over a period of 12 h with the shaking method. The soxhlet method produced an extract with the largest panaxydol/panaxynol ratio. A reduced particle size enhanced extraction, however the ration of panaxydol/panaxynol decreased. Swelling in water was found to be detrimental for the extrac-tion of panaxydol and panaxynol.