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  Oat - LoveToKnow 1911
With regard to the antiquity of the oat, A. de Candolle 3 observes that it was not cultivated by the Hebrews, the Egyptians, the ancient Greeks and the Romans.
The oat grain (excepting the naked oat), like that of barley, is closely invested by the husk.
Oatmeal is made from the kiln-dried grain from which the husks have been removed; and the form of the food is the well-known "porridge." In Ireland, where it is sometimes mixed with Indian-corn meal, it is called "stirabout." Groats or grits are the whole kernel from which the husk is removed.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Oat   (761 words)

  
  Cover Crop Database: Complete Crop Summary of Oat
Oat (Hitchcock, 1971; McLeod, 1982); cultivated oat (Munz, 1973).
Oat (0.5% outcrossing) and barley (0.2% outcrossing) are mainly self-pollinated (Stoskopf, 1985).
Oat is not as drought or cold resistant as barley, rye, or wheat (Miller, 1984).
www.sarep.ucdavis.edu /cgi-bin/ccrop.EXE/show_crop_28   (3374 words)

  
 Oats
Oats have been used as a soothing remedy for irritated conditions of the digestive tract, and for problems such as diverticulitis, irritable bowel syndrome, gastritis and constipation.
Oats are used to treat depression and nervous exhaustion, as well as the profound lethargy that results from multiple sclerosis, chronic neurological pain, and insomnia.
Oats are on of the principal herbal aids to convalescence after a long illness.
www.herbs2000.com /herbs/herbs_oats.htm   (1037 words)

  
 Nikon MicroscopyU: Human Pathology Digital Image Gallery - Oat Cell Carcinoma
Oat cell carcinoma, also known as small cell carcinoma, is a type of lung cancer that is characterized by small, oat-shaped malignant cells.
Oat cell carcinoma is extremely aggressive and, in the majority of cases, by the time a diagnosis is made, the cancer has already metastasized to other parts of the body.
Oat Cell Carcinoma at 20x Magnification - Oat cell carcinomas have a tendency to metastasize rapidly, which means that signs of cancer in other areas of the body often appear in addition to symptoms of lung cancer.
www.microscopyu.com /galleries/pathology/oatcellcarcinoma.html   (577 words)

  
 OatVantage - Regulatory, Safety and Compliance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Oat beta-glucan is a natural polymer comprised of individual glucose molecules that are joined together by a series of beta-(1→3) and beta-(1→4) linkages.
Though many recent studies have demonstrated that consumption of oats (25-60gm/day) is safe for individuals with celiac disease, the possibility of cross- contamination of oats with wheat and/or barley remains a concern in North America, and therefore, oats are not recommended by celiac organizations in the USA or Canada.
The therapeutic effect of oat beta-glucan is attenuation of cholesterol and blood glucose levels-thought to be from increased excretion of bile acids, reduced absorption of fat and cholesterol, and reduced absorption rate of available carbohydrates.
www.oatvantage.com /faq4_health_answers.htm   (1188 words)

  
 Oat Breeding
Oats present a high energy, high protein cereal feed which can be grown on farm and utilised for both ruminants and non ruminants.
Oats can be grown in the wetter Western and Northern areas of the UK which are unsuitable for other cereals.
Oat breeding is mainly carried out at the Plas Gogerddan farm (250 ha) with lowland areas devoted to single plant selections and plot trials of new lines and varieties.
www.iger.bbsrc.ac.uk /Business/OatBreeding.htm   (624 words)

  
 Wild oat Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine - Find Articles
Oat tea or an oat Bach flower remedy is used to calm the nerves.
Wild oat tea, which is also known as an infusion, is made by pouring 1 c (240 ml) of boiling water over 1-3 tsp (1.5-3 g) of the dried straw.
Bach's wild oat remedy is taken to resolve conditions such as career anxiety and uneasiness about a lack of direction or commitment.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g2603/is_0007/ai_2603000738   (945 words)

  
 MDidea Extracts Professional:Newly Developed Extracts Series:Oat Straw Flower Tops P.E.,Oat Straw,Avena Sativa ...
Oat Straw is often planted to prevent soil erosion, and is widely distributed as a cereal crop.
In folk medicine, Oats were used to treat nervous exhaustion, insomnia, and weakness of the nerves.?A tea made from Oat Straw was thought to be useful in rheumatic conditions and to treat water retention.
In traditional medicine, oat straw is used in various forms (liquid extracts, tinctures, and teas being the most popular) to treat a number of ailments, including arthritis and rheumatism; it's also taken as a diuretic tea to combat fluid retention.
www.mdidea.com /products/new/new032.html   (2469 words)

  
 Wild Oat Information on Healthline
Oat fiber is also used as a substrate, or growing medium, for Lactobacillus and other bacteria that are introduced into the digestive tract of patients suffering from severe infections of the pancreas.
Wild oat is recognized as a natural antidepressant and a mild sedative.
Oat tea or an oat Bach flower remedy is used as a nervine (preparation given to calm the nerves).
www.healthline.com /galecontent/wild-oat   (842 words)

  
 Oat Beta-D-Glucan
Oat beta-glucan may delay gastric emptying time and consequently affect the rate of uptake of D-glucose from the small intestine.
Evidence that oat beta-glucan can reduce cholesterol levels was sufficient to induce the FDA to allow health claims on whole oat products that provide at least 0.75 grams of soluble fiber per serving.
Oat beta-glucan increases bile acid excretion and a fiber-rich barley fraction increases cholesterol excretion in ileostomy subjects.
www.pdrhealth.com /drug_info/nmdrugprofiles/nutsupdrugs/oat_0323.shtml   (1094 words)

  
 Wild Oat Control   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Delayed seeding involves an early soil cultivation to stimulate wild oat germination with one or two subsequent cultivations to control emerged wild oats prior to crop seeding.
In general, under heavy wild oat pressure (over 30 plants/square foot) research has shown that a herbicide treatment should be applied as soon as possible to prevent high yield losses.
When wild oat plants have reached the 3 to 4-leaf stage and/or plants are under moisture area stress, the higher labeled rates should be used.
www.smallgrains.org /Techfile/wildoat.htm   (1907 words)

  
 tibet
It was found in 1985 that the cultivated oat in Tibet has the characteristic of each awn of the oat being twisted, the bottom of the seed is smooth, stem height is 120-145 cm, the length of the awn is about 20mm, the caryopsis is around 15 mm and it has a loose inflorescence.
In that county, oats were planted during the summer time and harvested in autumn and then processed into silage or chopped into fine pieces that were then used for feed for animals in the upper region during the winter season.
Oats will be promoted as one of the potential crops for high quality fodder in a wider range of areas wherever it is adapted.
www.fao.org /AG/agp/agpc/doc/pasture/spectopics/oatsTibet.html   (3228 words)

  
 Cooking with Oat Flour Recipes - Associated Content
Oat flour can be used in a variety of ways from coating to baked foods.
Cooking with oat flour is a tasty alternative to cooking with wheat or refined flour.
Oat flour can be added to a variety of recipes calling for refined or wheat flour.
www.associatedcontent.com /article/59694/cooking_with_oat_flour_recipes.html   (473 words)

  
 Oat Grass
The Oats we currently have are not as good as they were back in 2001, but they are the best we've seen since 2001.
Nutritionally Oats are extremely close to Wheat Grass, the Juice of which has a very intense flavor.
Oats continue to be in very short supple due to the horrible crop years our farmers have had since 2002 - so the price is very very high.
www.sproutpeople.com /seed/oatgrass.html   (2867 words)

  
 Information about Oat
Mental picture and specific indications: It is indicated in nervous states with exhaustion, inability to concentrate, melancholy, diminished strength of limbs or numbness of limbs, occipital headache extending down spine, as well as into head, lack of control over urination and sexual exhaustion or impotence from sexual excesses.
Oat has been used for treating addictive habits like morphine, opium, alcohol, nicotine, coffee, etc. It is also indicated for insomnia and nervous system irritation from exhaustion or stress.
Contraindications: Oats antagonize the antinociceptive effect of morphine and the pressor response to nicotine.
www.familyherbalremedies.com /oat.html   (237 words)

  
 OAT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Different inherited mutations in OAT cause differences in the severity of symptoms of the disease.
OAT converts the amino acid ornithine from the urea cycle ultimately into glutamate.
In gyrate atrophy, where OAT function is affected, there is an increase in plasma levels of ornithine.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov /SCIENCE96/gene.cgi?OAT   (230 words)

  
 Oat Bran
Oat bran is the outer coating on oat groats (grains).
Removed from the grain, oat bran is soluble fiber which aids in reduction of cholesterol.
Oat bran can be cooked as a cereal, added to baked goods, or included in smoothies to increase your daily intake of fiber.
www.barryfarm.com /nutri_info/Brans/oatbran.html   (134 words)

  
 Oat Bran Story: (Oat Bran: A Health giving, Cholestral Lowering Food...)
It is not to be confused with the outer shell of the oat grain.
Oat Bran Fibre specifically is food for, and increases the numbers of the good bacteria (Lactobacilli and Bifidobacterium) in the large bowel.
Oat Bran Fibre reputedly produces less gas and flatulent smells than wheat bran, and this benefit is increased by cooking the Oat Bran Fibre.
www.easyvigour.net.nz /diettoxin/hoatbranstory.htm   (1420 words)

  
 Cereal Disease Laboratory : Oat crown rust
Oat crown rust occurs worldwide wherever cultivated or wild oat species occur except in very arid areas.
Initial infections on fall sown oat generally come from uredinia on volunteer oat plants that survived the hot summer in moist protected habitats near streams or irrigation canals.
Rhamnus cathartica is an important source of inoculum for oat in the north central states of the U.S. In countries of the Middle East, native Rhamnus species become infected in December or January from teliospores that have survived the hot dry summer and germinate after the fall rains stimulate new leaf growth on Rhamnus plants.
www.ars.usda.gov /Main/docs.htm?docid=9919   (846 words)

  
 ARS Project: Oat Quality Improvement (408476) Annual Report
Oats are also an important animal feed, and are particularly important in regions where corn and soybeans cannot be grown, or where horses are raised extensively.
The value of oats to an oat processor is primarily determined by the milling yield during dehulling with an impact dehuller.
Larger groat to oat size is associated with higher grain test weight: Oat groat (caryopsis) size was measured by digital image analysis from ten oat cultivars grown at four locations over two years and compared with the size of the whole oat kernel, including the hull.
www.ars.usda.gov /research/projects/projects.htm?ACCN_NO=408476&fy=2005   (2150 words)

  
 Oat Flour - Glossary - Hormel Foods   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Using oat flour results in baked items that are moist and more crumbly and they retain their freshness longer than items baked with wheat flour.
Since oat flour is gluten free (although there is some debate about this), it must be combined with wheat flour to produce leavened bread.
Oat flour is often best when it is freshly ground, using a spice mill, coffee grinder, or even a blender.
www.hormel.com /kitchen/glossary.asp?id=33576   (205 words)

  
 OATSystems : Setting the Standard in RFID
OAT is the recognized RFID framework leader, providing software that empowers businesses to achieve competitive advantage from radio-frequency identification (RFID).
OAT's industry-leading RFID framework software, combined with its world-class services expertise, together provide solutions that serve as a foundation for corporate IT to centrally manage and control its RFID infrastructure.
Because of OAT's early involvement with the development and deployment of RFID technology, all OAT products are built on an architecture designed to leverage the unique capabilities of RFID data and link real-time RFID activities at the edge of the enterprise with corporate decision-making.
www.oatsystems.com /company/index.html   (220 words)

  
 Oat Milk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Oat milk is a tasty and nutritious alternative to dairy milk.
Oat milk is generally made from presoaked oat groats, which are the hulled grain broken into fragments.
Oats are also rich in phytochemicals, naturally occurring chemicals in plants that help fight diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and stroke.
www.soymilkquick.com /oatmilk.html   (593 words)

  
 Oat Straw
In addition, oat straw tea was used for arthritis, and an alcohol extract of oat straw for the treatment of narcotic and cigarette addiction.
Oat straw is widely marketed for enhancing male sexual function, and a combination of oat straw and saw palmetto is said to help sexual dysfunction in women.
Many oat straw websites state that, with advancing age, testosterone in the body tends to become bound up and inactivated, that this leads to numerous problems including failing sexual function, and that oat straw reverses this process.
www.mbmc.org /healthgate/GetHGContent.aspx?token=9c315661-83b7-472d-a7ab-bc8582171f86&chunkiid=111709   (605 words)

  
 Oat Milk
Made from oat groats (hulled grain broken into fragments), filtered water, and other grains and beans, including triticale, barley, brown rice, and soybeans, oat milk has a light texture and a mild, slightly sweet flavor that substitutes well for low-fat or fat-free milk.
Oat milk is 100 percent lactose free and suitable for those with dairy sensitivities.
In addition to drinking it straight from a glass, oat milk can be poured on breakfast cereals or puréed with frozen berries or bananas for a refreshing smoothie.
www.publix.com /wellness/notes/Display.do?id=Food_Guide&childId=Oat_Milk   (261 words)

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