Colchicum autumnale and
Colchicum Waterlily are the varieties most often found in garden centers.
In this study, the antiproliferative effects of different doses of
Colchicum umbrosum extract alone and PAC alone treated in C-4 I (cancer-acquired cell) and Vero cells (normal cell) were investigated using the MTT [3-(4, 5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2, 5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide] method for 24 hours.
So-called because the stem and flower emerge in autumn bare of leaves,
Colchicum are also known as autumn crocus because they look similar.
As a tincture,
colchicum is used topically to treat facial neuralgia and eczema.
Colchicum speciosum 'Album' Gardeners are unanimous in their opinion - everybody agrees that the perfection of its pure white chalices is without parallel.
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Colchicum (Meadow saffron): Severe vomiting and retching.
Hemlock, foxgloves, aquilegia, autumn crocus (
colchicum autumnale), laburnum and hellebores are all common plants you might find in your garden or in a hedgerow, and all have different levels of toxicity.
He does a good job at describing the earliest effective specifics (quinine,
colchicum, digitalis, and mercury) as well as the earliest diagnostic devices (stethoscope, ophthalmoscope, laryngoscope, thermometer, and sphygmomanometer).
To answer the question of whether the reported presence of colchicine in a ginkgo product (Petty et al., 2001) is a wide sprea d natural situation or that it represents an isolated case of contamination of the product with colchicine during manufacture, or of source material with
Colchicum species or other colchicine-containing members of the Liliaceae, we developed a method for the detection of the presence of this alkaloid in Ginkgo biloba leaves and in commercial ginkgo products.
PLANT OF THE WEEK -
Colchicum When all else in the garden is looking a bit dishevelled, the autumn crocus pops up to give us a much needed splash of colour.
Physicians began using
colchicum, an extract from a crocus-like plant, with excellent results.
Fall-flowering bulbs such as autumn crocus (
Colchicum) should have been planted as soon as they arrived in early to mid-September.
A plant that never fails to delight is autumn crocuses or
Colchicum autumnale.
Colchine, derived from
colchicum, has been used medicinally for centuries, even millennia.
The foliage of evergreen Epimedium x versicolor or its lovely twin hybrids, 'Sulphureum' and 'Neosulphureum', provide a vivid green backdrop to the flowers of any of the stronger
Colchicum speciosum forms.
