Research progress in the function of coix seed active ingredients

Coix seed is rich in unsaturated fatty acids and kinds of active ingredients,which has been considered to be a troditional nutrition and health food.This paper had summarized the nutrition ingredients,functional properties and health function of coix seed.Meanwhile,the achievements on biological activeties of coix seed in recent years had been discussed,and finally the prospect about the development and application of coix seed had been described as well.