COLCHICO-RESIN

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 15

n. Ko2 2z'i2n. A brown amorl"ki2-kp-re pho us substance, CBiHgoNoOIB, soluble in alcohol and chloroform, insoluble in ether, obtained by Hertel in extracting colchicine from the Colchicum autumn ale. [B, 5 (a, 24).] Beta-c.-r. An insoluble compound, C34H38NO10, formed when c.-r. is treated with mineral acids. [B, 5 (a, 24).] [s. 340]