Fruit of Chinese olive (Canarium album L.) contain numerous functional ingredients, such as proteins, fatty acid, volatile aromatic substances, organic acid, amino acid and phenolic compounds and so on, which are related with pharmacological effects. The PPO and SOD in Chinese olive have superoxide anion free radicals and antioxidant activities. The developments of functional ingredients and their anti-oxidation in Chinese olive are reviewed to provide references for further study of Chinese olive in its fu...