Suspension culture was established from the roots of Salvia sclarea L. The maximum suspension cell growth was 14.3 g/flasl< (fresh mass) and 0.9 g/flasl< (dry mass), on the 18"' and 15"' day after inoculation, respectively. The isolation and characterisation of abietane type diterpenoids and phenolics, including flavones and rosmarinic acid from the cell culture was reported. A GC-MS analysis also showed the presence of pentacyclic triterpenoids and sterols in in vitro cultured cells of S. sclarea.