Abstract:The nutrients of jujubes are rich，and the functional ingredients therein have certain therapeutic and health effects，such as anti-oxidant，anti-tumor，anti-fatigue，hypoglycemic and lipid-lowering，liver protection，immune regulation，etc.These physiological effects can be determined by the key functional ingredients，such as polysaccharides，flavonoids，nucleosides，polyphenols，pentacyclic triterpenes，etc.This paper reviewed the crucial functional ingredent and its biological activity to provide theoretical basis for enlarging red jujube health products.