Chemical COLCHICINE | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Chemical ID

COLCHICINE

Ubiquitous

No

List of known dosages
Dosage	Reference
LD50=1.6 (ivn rat)
LD50=4.13 (ivn mus)	Merck 11th Edition
LDlo=0.186 (orl hmn)	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
LDlo=7 mg/man	Martindale's 29th
LD50=0.13 (orl cat)	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
LD50=66.6 (orl mus)	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.

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List of chemical activities.
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Activity	Dosage	Reference
Purgative	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Respiradepressant	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Sympathomimetic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Uricosuric	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of chemical plants.
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Plant Name	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
Colchicum autumnale	Tuber	800.0	12300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Gloriosa superba	Bulb	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *