This paper concluded and summarized chemical constituents and pharmacological effects of Chickpea reported in the literature at home and abroad in recent years and summarized chemical composition and pharmacological effectiveness of Chickpea for providing the basis of researching the chemical constituents of chickpea and discovery of the active ingredient in the future. Through literature study which found that Chickpea contained a variety of nutrients and essential substance such as dextran

sucrose

chickpeas glucose and arabinose with dextran

choline phospholipids

various vitamins

amino acids and pantothenic acid and phytic acid

and contains all kinds of trace elements such as phosphorus

calcium

iron

zinc etc

and the unsaturated fatty acids which human body could not synthesize. Its present study of active ingredients mainly is triterpenoid saponins and isoflavones. Triterpenoid saponins which has now gained from major includes biochanin A

β-amyrin

β-sitosterol

soyasaponin Bb and carrots soybean saponin glycosides et al and isoflavones includes biochanin A

formononetin

genistein

calycosin

ononin

trifolirhizin

sissotrin. These triterpenoid saponins and isoflavones could regulate blood sugar

lower blood lipids

and have many other pharmacological effects. In addition

the chickpeas and the main active ingredient also has lower cholesterol

inhibit CaCo-2 cells

improve learning and memory ability

inhibit tumor cell growth and so on. Differernt kinds of substances of chickpeas at different growth stages are constantly changing

and also play a different treatment for different diseases. We would find more chemical composition of chickpea with the deepening of research

and the active ingredients would gradually be screened

which would greatly expand the scope of application of chickpea.