botanical record · discovered
Oats
Avena sativa
Oats · ōto · ōto-mugi · Abrakzab · Algerian Oat · Almindelig havre · Avea · Avena comune · Avin·ne · Avoenne · Avoine cultivee · Avoine cultivée · Avwàn · Bena
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Iraq, Spain, Turkey, US, Chile, Uk(Wales)
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Demulcent, Diuretic, Nervine, Poison
Science studied: ACETIC-ACID, AEGILOPSIN, ALANINE, ALUMINUM
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Poaceae
Scientific name: Avena sativa
Common names: Oats, ōto, ōto-mugi, Abrakzab, Algerian Oat, Almindelig havre, Avea, Avena comune, Avin·ne, Avoenne, Avoine cultivee, Avoine cultivée, Avwàn, Bena
History
The source record documents this plant in Iraq, Spain, Turkey, US, Chile, Uk(Wales).
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Demulcent
- Diuretic
- Nervine
- Poison
- Spasm
- Stimulant
- Tonic
- Tumor
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- Tumor(Abdomen)
- Vulnerary
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Iraq
- Spain
- Turkey
- US
- Chile
- Uk(Wales)
Documented cultural uses
- Demulcent
- Diuretic
- Nervine
- Poison
- Spasm
- Stimulant
- Tonic
- Tumor
- Tumor(Abdomen)
- Vulnerary
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Agronomic Performance and Forage Yield of Oat (Avena sativa L.) Varieties · 2026 source ↗
- Aluminum toxicity tolerance screening of oats (Avena sativa L.) landraces and cultivars · 2026 source ↗
- The trade-off between qualitative and quantitative trait in forage oat (Avena sativa L.) genotypes · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ACETIC-ACID
- AEGILOPSIN
- ALANINE
- ALUMINUM
- 1,3-AMINO-PROPYL-PYRROLINIUM
- APIGENIN-8-C-ARABINOSYLHEXOSIDE
- APIGENIN-6,8-DI-C-GLUCOSIDE
- APIGENIN-6-C-GLUCOSYL-O-ARABINOSIDE
- APIGENIN-8-C-RHAMNOSYLGLUCOSIDE
- ARGININE
- ASH
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- AVENACINS
- AVENACOSIDE-B
- AVENALUMIN-I
- AVENANTHRAMIDES
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- AVENIC-ACID-A
- AVENIN
- DELTA-7-AVENASTEROL
- BENZALDEHYDE
- BIOTIN
- BORON
- CAFFEIC-ACID-ESTER
- CALCIUM
- CARBOHYDRATES
- CAROTENE
- CELLULOSE
- CHLORINE
- CHLOROPHYLL-A
- CHLOROPHYLL-B
- CHOLINE
- CHROMIUM
- COBALT
- COPPER
- BETA-CYCLOCITRAL
- CYSTINE
- 26-DESGLUCOAVENACOSIDES
- DIADENOSINE-TETRAPHOSPHORIC-ACID
- 4,5-DIHYDROXY-7-METHOXY-8-C-GLUCOSYL-O-RHAMNOSIDE
- DIMETHOXY-BUTYL-BENZENE
- ERGOTHIONEINE
- FAT
- FERULIC-ACID
- FIBER
- FORMALDEHYDE
- FURFURAL
- GLUCOVANILLIN
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- GLUTARIC-ACID
- GRAMININE
- GUANINE
- TRANS-HEPT-2-ENAL
- HEXANAL
- HEX-TRANS-3-ENYL-ACETATE
- HISTIDINE
- 5-HYDROXY-N-HENTRIACONTAN-14,16-DIONE
- 6-HYDROXY-N-HENTRIACONTAN-14,16-DIONE
- BETA-HYDROXY-BETA-METHYL-GLUTARIC-ACID
- HYPOXANTHIN
- IODINE
- BETA-IONONE
- IRON
- ISOLEUCINE
- ISOORIENTIN
- ISOORIENTIN-2'-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOSIDE
- ISOSWERTISIN-O'-RHAMNOSIDE
- ISOVITEXIN-2'-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOSIDE
- KILOCALORIES
- LEUCINE
- LIGNIN
- LOPHENOL
- LUTEOLIN-6-C-GLUCOSYL-O-ARABINOSIDE
- LYSINE
- MAGNESIUM
- MALIC-ACID
- MANGANESE
- METHIONINE
- METHOXY-MALIC-ACID
- 2-METHYL-HEPT-2-EN-6-ONE
- GAMMA-MUUROLENE
- MYRCENE
- NIACIN
- NICOTIANAMINE
- NONAN-1-OL
- OCTANAL
- OCT-1-EN-3-OL
- OXALIC-ACID
- PANTOTHENIC-ACID
- 1,3,4-PENTANE-TRICARBOXYLIC-ACID-TRIMETHYL-ESTER
- PENTOSANS
- PHENYLALANINE
- PHOSPHORUS
- POTASSIUM
- PROLINE
- PROTEIN
- PYRIDOXINE
- RIBOFLAVIN
- SALICYLIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER
- SCOPOLETIN
- SELENIUM
- SERINE
- SILICON-OXIDE
- SINAPIC-ACID
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- SODIUM
- STIGMASTADIENOL
- SUCROSE
- SUGARS
- SULFUR
- THIAMIN
- THREONINE
- TIN
- ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL
- TRICIN-4'-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOSIDE
- 2,2,6-TRIMETHYL-CYCLOHEXANONE
- TRYPTOPHAN
- URONIC-ACIDS
- VALINE
- VANILLIC-ACID
- VANILLIN
- 4-VINYL-GUAIACOL
- VITEXIN-2'-RHAMNOSIDE
- WATER
- XANTHOPHYLL-EPOXIDE
- ZINC
- BRASSICASTEROL
- CAMPESTEROL
- ISOVITEXIN
- DELTA-7-STIGMASTEROL
- ACONITIC-ACID
- DELTA-AMINO-LEVULINIC-ACID
- APIGENIN-6-C-GLUCOSIDE
- AVENACOSIDE-A
- AVENARIN
- DELTA-5-AVENASTEROL
- BETAINE
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- BETA-CAROTENE
- CHOLESTEROL
- COLAMINE
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- 3,4-DIMETHOXY-ACETOPHENONE
- FERULIC-ACID-ESTER
- FRUCTOSE
- GLUCOSE
- HEPTAN-1-AL
- P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID
- 7-HYDROXY-N-HENTRIACONTAN-14,16-DIONE
- LICHENIN
- 7-O-METHOXYVITEXIN-O-RHAMNO-GLUCOSIDE
- PHAEOPHORBIDE
- PUTRESCINE
- O'-RHAMNOSYL-8-C-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYLGENKWANIN
- SECALOSE
- SILICON
- TARTARIC-ACID
- TRICIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- WAX
- OCT-TRANS-2-EN-1-OL
- STARCH
- SPERMIDINE
- GLYCINE
- TYROSINE
- AVENACIN-A-1
- AVENACIN-B-2
- AVENACOSIDES
- AVENEIN
- FOLIC-ACID
- GLUTEN
- HORDENINE
- MYOINOSITOL-OXIDASE
- NUATIGENIN
- ORGOTHIONENINE
- PECTIN
- PHYLLOQUINONE
- PHYTATE
- PHYTOSTEROLS
- SALICYLATES
- SAPONINS
- SILICA
- SILICIC-ACID
- TRIGONELLINE
- ISOSWERTISIN-2'-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSIDE
- CARYOPHYLLENE
- LIMONENE
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- FIBER(CRUDE)
- FIBER(DIETARY)
- THIAMINE
- ALPHA-KETO-GLUTARIC-ACID
- BUTENYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE
- CITRIC-ACID
- DEC-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL
- DIAMINO-PROPANE
- FUR-2-ALDEHYDE
- GERANIOL-ACETONE
- HEPTANAL
- HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL
- HEXYL-ACETATE
- INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID-GLUCOPROTEIN
- ISOVITEXIN--O-ARABINOSIDE
- LUTEOLIN-6-C-GLUCOSIDE
- MALONIC-ACID
- NONA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIENAL
- NONAN-1-AL
- OCTAN-1-AL
- OCTAN-1-OL
- PROPANAL
- QUERCETIN
- SCOPOLIN
- SPERMINE
- STIGMASTEROL
- TRANS-NON-2-EN-1-AL
- TRICIN
- TRICIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- VITEXIN-O-GLUCOSIDE
- 2-CARBOXYARABINITOL
- 29-ISOFUCOSTEROL
- 3'-HYDROXYAVENALUMIC-ACID
- 5-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL
- 7-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL
- APIGENIN-8-C-GLUCOSYL-O-RHAMNOSIDE
- AVENALUMIC-ACID
- AVENANTHRAMIDE-G
- CAMPESTANOL
- CHOLEST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL
- CHOLESTANOL
- DAUCOSTEROL
- DIHYDROHAEMATINIC-ACID
- HEXAN-1-AL
- ISOPROPYL-TARTARIC-ACID
- MELATONIN
- PENTANE-1,3,4-TRICARBOXYLIC-ACID
- PHYTIC-ACID
- STIGMAST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL
- STIGMASTA-7,24(28)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL
- STIGMASTANEDIOL
- STIGMASTANOL
- VITAMIN-A
- VITAMIN-B-1
- VITEXIN-2''-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSIDE
- VITAMIN-B-2
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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