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Colchicum

Known as: Colchicum L., Colchicums 
A genus of poisonous, liliaceous plants. The roots (corms) of Colchicum autumnale, the fall crocus or meadow saffron, yield COLCHICINE, which is used… 
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Review
2010
Review
2010
In vitro production of naturally-occurring medicinally-important secondary metabolites from plants using callus or cell… 
2007
2007
In our continuing attempt to investigate Jordanian Colchicum species as a potential and viable source of colchicinoids; the… 
2002
2002
A new species, Colchicum asteranthum Vassil. et K. Perss. (Colchicaceae), endemic to the Peloponnese in Greece, is described. It… 
1994
1994
A radioimmunoassay as well as an enzyme immunoassay for the quantitation of fmol amounts of the alkaloid colchicine have been… 
1988
1988
Persson, K: New species of Coichicum (Colchicaceae) from the Greek mountains. - Willdenowia 18: 29-46. 1988. - ISSN 0511-9618… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Abstract 
Review
1950
Review
1950
  • V. Venturi
  • 1950
  • Corpus ID: 41189146
SINCE 1944 systematic studies have been carried out in this Institute (Mascherpa’), in order to discover the relation between… 
1939
1939
INVESTIGATIONS of the active agents in Nature inducing chromosome alterations have shown that the most effective ones are… 
1938
1938
Colchicine is one of the alkaloids obtainable from the bulb, seeds, and leaves of Colchicum autumnale, Linnaeus. This plant…