Review Article

Nutritional and Phytochemical Composition and Associated Health Benefits of Oat (Avena sativa) Grains and Oat-Based Fermented Food Products

Table 3

Summary of the amino acid composition of dehulled oat grains.

PlaceAmino acidsSource
TryThrIleLeuLysMetCysPheTyr

0.230.580.691.280.700.310.410.900.57[29]
Latvia0.000.480.441.020.490.220.000.650.43[68]
China0.000.390.450.960.530.160.320.700.47[69]
Pakistan0.000.39–0.420.39–0.420.88–0.910.34–0.360.11–0.160.000.39–0.530.31–0.34[38]
Poland0.003.023.026.253.331.412.294.553.03[31]
Poland1.152.462.325.262.734.302.745.882.26[40]

PlaceValArgHisAlaAspGluGlyProSer

0.941.190.410.881.453.710.840.930.75[29]
Latvia0.701.090.430.631.022.970.660.820.64[68]
China0.650.900.280.620.942.890.640.610.84[69]
Pakistan0.41–0.590.91–0.960.28–0.360.49–0.530.79–0.812.24–2.400.52–0.570.66–0.680.47–0.51[38]
Poland4.167.011.994.248.2421.204.444.684.02[31]
Poland3.205.791.743.597.3719.103.814.543.86[40]

Amino acid values are reported in g/16 g·N, whereas for other amino acids, values are reported in g/100 g. “—” represents the values that the authors did not report. Try: tyrosine; Thr: threonine; Ile: isoleucine; Leu: leucine; Lys: lysine; Met: methionine; Cys: cysteine; Phe: phenylalanine; Tyr: tyrosine; Val: valine; Arg: arginine; His: histidine; Ala: alanine; Asp: asparagine; Glu: glutamic acid; Gly: glycine; Pro: proline; Ser: serine.