Noun:

கொலுச்சிசீன்,

colchicine's Usage Examples:

The salicylate of colchicine is stable in water and may be given in doses of about one-thirtieth of a grain.

At present this otherwise excellent preparation is not standardized, but the suggestion has been made that it should be standardized to contain o 1% of colchicine.

Colchicum or colchicine, when applied to the skin, acts as a powerful irritant, causing local pain and congestion.

In larger doses colchicum or colchicine acts as a most violent gastrointestinal irritant, causing terrible pain, colic,vomiting, diarrhoea, haemorrhage from the bowel, thirst and ultimately death from collapse.

The chief constituents of colchicum are two alkaloids, colchicine and veratrine.

When that is done, colchicine may be found to exhibit a definite chemical interaction with this hitherto undiscovered substance.

They contain a volatile oil which does not occur in the corm, and their proportion of colchicine is higher, for which reason the Tinctura Colchici Seminum- dose 5 to 15 minims - is preferable to the wine prepared from the corm.

This latter is the preparation still most generally used, though the presence of veratrine both in the corm and the seeds renders the use of colchicine itself theoretically preferable.

Taken internally, colchicum or colchicine markedly increases the amount of bile poured into the alimentary canal, being amongst the most powerful of known cholagogues.

Synonyms:

anodyne, pain pill, painkiller, analgesic,

Antonyms:

intensifying,