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Avena sativa
Also known as oats, common oat
The oat (Avena sativa), sometimes called the common oat, is a species of cereal grass (Avena) grown for fodder and for its seed, which is known by the same name (usually in the plural). Oats appear to have been domesticated as a secondary crop, as their seeds resembled those of other cereals closely enough for them to be included by early cultivators. Oats tolerate cold winters less well than cereals such as wheat, barley, and rye, but need less summer heat and more rain, making them important in areas such as Northwest Europe that have cool, wet summers. They can tolerate low-nutrient and aci
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Avena sativa, or the common oat, is a cereal grass grown primarily for its seeds, which are used as food and animal feed. Oats are particularly valuable in cool, wet climates like Northwest Europe because they require less summer heat and more rainfall than other cereals, though they are more sensitive to cold winters.
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Species
oats
Avena sativa
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyPoaceae
Native toBuryatiya, Iran, Iraq
Observations recorded196,676
维基百科中的醫療相关内容仅供参考，詳見醫學聲明。如需专业意见请咨询专业人士。 燕麦（学名：Avena sativa）别称皮燕麦，为禾本科早熟禾亚科燕麦属植物，是人類的主食之一，常製成燕麥片、大燕麥片（英语：Rolled oats）販售，大燕麥片也常作為家畜的飼料。燕麥是高營養成份的食物，定期食用時可以降低血液中的膽固醇。 燕麦中所含的燕麦球蛋白（Avenin，是類似小麦中麥膠蛋白（英语：Gliadin）的成份）會讓少部份人有乳糜瀉症狀。而燕麦在製造過程也常會混合到少量含有麸质的穀類，例如小麦及大麥。燕麥含有植酸攝取過量會影響鈣、鐵、鎂的吸收，為骨質疏鬆症、貧血患者應注意的產品，加工製品單位熱量遠高於米飯，糊化後升糖指數（GI值）亦會增加。
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Key facts
- Nutritional value.name
- Uncooked oats
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Article
24 sectionsContents
- Description
- Origins
- Phylogeny
- Domestication
- Agronomy
- Cultivation
- Weeds, pests, and diseases
- Processing
- Production and trade
- Genomics
- Genome
- Genetics and breeding
- Nutrition
- Nutrients
- Health effects
- On blood lipids
- Coeliac disease
- Uses
- As food
- Animal feed
- Ground cover
- Other uses
- In human culture
- References
The oat (Avena sativa), sometimes called the common oat, is a species of cereal grass (Avena) grown for fodder and for its seed, which is known by the same name (usually in the plural). Oats appear to have been domesticated as a secondary crop, as their seeds resembled those of other cereals closely enough for them to be included by early cultivators. Oats tolerate cold winters less well than cereals such as wheat, barley, and rye, but need less summer heat and more rain, making them important in areas such as Northwest Europe that have cool, wet summers. They can tolerate low-nutrient and acid soils. Oats grow thickly and vigorously, allowing them to outcompete many weeds, and compared to other cereals are relatively free from diseases.
Oats are used for human consumption as oatmeal, including as steel cut oats or rolled oats. Global production is dominated by Canada and Russia; global trade is a small part of production, most of the grain being consumed within the producing countries. Oats are a nutrient-rich food associated with lower blood cholesterol and reduced risk of human heart disease when consumed regularly. One of the most common uses of oats is as livestock feed; the crop can also be grown as groundcover and ploughed in as a green manure.