Pharmacology. A major alkaloid from Colchicum autumnale that binds to microtubules. Its primary therapeutic use is in the treatment of gout. In the laboratory, colchicine is commonly used to arrest cells in metaphase of mitosis to count and observe the chromosomes.
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