In the present study the sesamin and sesamol contents of the sesame extracts prepared from nine provinces in Korea were determined HPLC method. A comparative test was also carried out using the Villavecchia-suarez test, the red colored reaction for the sesamol and sesamol derivatives. The contents of sesamin and sesamol of the sesame oils from each area by the HPLC method were 0.57~0.78% and 0.010-0.023%, respectively. and the paralled results were obtained by the Villavecchia-suarez test and the HPLC method. The average contents of the sesamin was $0.68{pm}0.074%$ by the HPLC method and the average absorbance of the Villavecchia-suarez test was $0.56{pm}0.034$. The contents of sesamol from sesame oil by the HPLC method and the Villavecchia-suarez test were so low that it was not possible to correlate with the sesamin contents. The contents of sesamol from the sesame oil produced in Kyeong-gi and Jeon-nam provinces were $0.010{pm}0.002%$ and $0.023{pm}0.004$, respectively.