colchicine
Origin of colchicine
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It is much stronger than the common extract, and contains the acetate of colchicine.
These reagents precipitate colchicine, but do not affect solutions of digitaline or picrotoxine.
Legal Chemistry | A. NaquetCasper puts the lethal dose of colchicine at from 25 to 30 mgrms.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection | Alexander Wynter BlythBy cautious evaporation colchicine will be deposited, and maybe purified by re-solution and crystallisation in alcohol.
It is, therefore, evident that there are in man no constant pathological changes from colchicine poisoning.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection | Alexander Wynter Blyth
British Dictionary definitions for colchicine
/ (ˈkɒltʃɪˌsiːn, -sɪn, ˈkɒlkɪ-) /
a pale-yellow crystalline alkaloid extracted from seeds or corms of the autumn crocus. It is used in the treatment of gout and to create polyploid plants by inhibiting chromosome separation during meiosis. Formula: C 22 H 25 NO 6
Origin of colchicine
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