COLCHICEINE

n. Ko2l-ki2s'e!1-en. Fr., colchiceine. Ger., Colchice'in. It., Sp., colchiceina. A substance, CirH21N<)6 + 2H4O [Hertel], obtained by the decomposition of an aqueous solution of colcmcine, and found in the acetic extract of colchicum, and forming inodorous white crystals, soluble in alcohol, in chloroform, and in hot water. Its medicinal properties are like those of colchicine. [B, 5 (a, 24).] [s. 340]