The nutritional changes during Tephrosia candida germination were studied.The results showed that fat and reducing sugar content decreased with germination,but protein,vitamin C and isoflavone were all increased.The contents of vitamin C increased the most,from 0 to 200% within 4-5 days;protein content increased to 349.1mg/g and reducing sugar content showed a maximum at 64.1 mg/g within 4 days and then gradually reduced to 46.1mg/g at the 9th day.Fat content decreased 24.48% within four days,All sugar content reduced gradually to 6.82 g/100 g at the 9th day.Isoflavone content showed a maximum at 7.8 mg/g after germinating four days and then had a slight decline.