Jujuboside is the dried mature seeds of Ziziphus jujube [Ziziphus  jujube Mill. var. spinosa (Bge.) hu ex HF Chou], family Rhamnaceae, whose chemical composition includes triterpenoid saponins, flavonoids, alkaloids, fatty oils, proteins, polysaccharides, volatile oils, etc. Among them, triterpenoid saponin compounds are one of the identified medicinal components in sour date kernel and its main active ingredient. Saponin belongs to tetracyclic triterpenoid saponins, which are structurally closer to ginseng, panax ginseng and other saponin active ingredients, and is an important plant secondary metabolite with good bioactive and pharmacological effects such as sedative-hypnotic, tranquilizing, hypotensive, anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, anti-viral, hypoglycemic, and prevention of cardiovascular diseases.
 
The efficacy of Jujuboside
Jujuboside has various pharmacological activities such as sedative and ranquilizing, anti-anxiety, anti-depressant, anti-tumor and myocardial protection.
 
1. Sedation and tranquilization
2. Antidepresssants
3. Anti-anxiety
4. Improvemnt of memory
5. Treatment of AD
 
Jujuboside Applications
 
1. Pharmaceutical Field
Jujuboside has a variety of pharmacological effects such as sedative and hypnotic, antidepressant, cardiovascular protection, immune enhancement, memory improvement, retinal protection, antitumor, etc. The pharmacological activity is very wide, and has a great prospect of application in the field of medicine.
 
2. Food additive field
Soy saponin is a more widely used triterpenoid saponin, a study showed that the addition of a certain dose of soy saponin in beer can increase the volume of beer foam, but also to improve the flavor of beer. Soy saponin is also a dual effect of pharmacotheraphy food and nutrition of natural bioactive substances, with a variety of functions beneficial to humans and good pharmacological effects, as food additives and surfactants are also widely used.
 
3. Health food field
With the continuous in-depth research on the active ingredients of saponins, saponin-based health food, weight loss food and saponin drinks will be developed one after another. At present, there are more and more scholars are studying the pathological mechanism of Chinese herbal medicine for insomnia, Chinese herbal medicine has a unique therapetic effect of practice, and is increasingly concerned by the world, and the main role of saponin is sedative-hypnotic.
 
Ginsenoside is also a common triterpenoid saponin, with nourishing and beneficial, antioxidant, immune enhancement, relieve physical strength, anti-fatigue effect, total ginsenoside as one of the people research health food object has a broad development prospects. European and American countries also ise triterpenoid saponins as bubble gum and beverage starter.