BOTANICAL NAME

JUGLANS REGIA

FAMILY

JAGLANDACEAE

SUBSTITUTE

Not Available

OTHER NAMES

SANSKRIT : Akshot, Asod

HINDI : Akhrot

DISTRIBUTION

This species is globally distributed from South East Europe to Himalaya, China and Russia, naturalised in United States. Within India, it has been recorded in Temperate Himalayas between an altitude of 3000-10000 feet, Lahaul-Spiti (Jalma-Thirot), Meghalaya (Khasia Hills) and Tamil Nadu (Palni: Kodaikanal, 2100 metres) in both cultivated and wild state.

DOSE

Not available

CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS

Globulin, Juglansin, Ascorbic acid, Oxalic acid, Juglone, Amino acid, Citrulline, Juglone, Betulinic acid, Berberine, Flavonoid sakuranetetin, Monoterpenes, Sesquiterpenes, Hydrocarbons, Eugenol

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Guru, Snigdh

Madhur

Madhur

Ushan

THERAPEUTIC USES

N.a.

FORMULATIONS (Yog)

Not available