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Colchicine

Colchicine Definition Alkaloid of meadow saffron, N-acetylated troponal alkaloid, immunosuppressant. S.a. Colchici semen. Pharmacodynamics (Effect) Inhibition of metaphase in granulocytes by interaction with microtubules, inhibition of chemotaxis, inhibition of granule release from mast cells, in...

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