Abstract:Nutritional value in peanuts significantly increased after germination,especially with abundant phenolic substances that have multiple effects such as antioxidant and cardiovascular disease prevention.Therefore,they are often used in the fields of food and medicine.In this study,germination treatment was conducted on 16 high oleic acid peanut varieties planted in different regions,and their germination rate was measured.After 5 days of germination,bud length,as well as various basic nutrients including moisture,ash content,protein,fat,crude fiber,total amino acids,total fatty acids,and total phenolic content were also measured.Comprehensive quality evaluation of the 16 high oleic acid peanut varieties was carried out by correlation analysis,cluster analysis,and principal component analysis.The results showed that there were certain correlations between multiple nutrients：germination rate was significantly negatively correlated with crude protein content （p<0.05）,while total phenol content was positively correlated with germination rate and bud length（p<0.05,p<0.01）.The 16 high oleic peanut varieties could be divided into three categories by cluster analysis,among which Fuhua 27,Fuhua 22,and Fuhua 30 belonged to the same group,characterized by high fatty acid content and germination rate.With principal component analysis,11 physiochemical indexes could be divided into 4 principal components,with a cumulative variance contribution rate of 88.08%.After further comprehensive analysis,the Fuhua 22 variety was found to get the highest comprehensive quality score of 1.615 3,making it a high oleic acid peanut variety suitable for germination.