Chinese dates is the fruit of Ziziphus jujuba Mill. commonly called jujubes, red dates, or Indian dates. Dried jujube fruits have been commonly consumed as a food, food additive, and Chinese medical treatment. Jujubes are known to be an excellent source of bioactive compounds that promote human nutrition. Jujubes has a high nutritional value and exerts numerous pharmacological effects; it has been widely used as a food, functional food additive, and medical herb. Triterpenoids are found in jujube fruits in the form of free acids or aglycones for triterpenoid saponins, which have been reported to have powerful biological effects. Triterpenoids plays an important role in the biological activity of jujubes, which contributes to their effectiveness, as functional compounds in healthcare products. Z. jujuba contains several triterpenoids, including oleanonic acid, alphitolic acid, betulonic acid, betulinic acid, betulin, pomolic acid, pomonic acid, pomolic acid methyl ester, epiceanothic acid, ceanothic acid, and others.