50. akram_colchicum
... flowers emerge from the ground long after the leaves have died. Colchicum extracts were first described as a treatment for gout in De Materia Medica by Pedanius Dioscorides in the first century AD. Colchicine was first isolated in 1820 by the two French chemists P.S. Pelletier and J. Caventon. It wa ...
... flowers emerge from the ground long after the leaves have died. Colchicum extracts were first described as a treatment for gout in De Materia Medica by Pedanius Dioscorides in the first century AD. Colchicine was first isolated in 1820 by the two French chemists P.S. Pelletier and J. Caventon. It wa ...
Colchicine
Colchicine is a medication most commonly used to treat gout. It is a toxic natural product and secondary metabolite, originally extracted from plants of the genus Colchicum (autumn crocus, Colchicum autumnale, also known as ""meadow saffron"").Adverse effects are primarily gastrointestinal upset at high doses. In addition to gout, colchicine is used to treat familial Mediterranean fever, pericarditis, Behçet's disease, and atrial fibrillation.