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C9754

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Colchicine

≥95% (HPLC), powder

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Synonym(s):
(S)-N-(5,6,7,9-Tetrahydro-1,2,3,10-tetramethoxy-9-oxobenzo[a]heptalen-7-yl)acetamide
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C22H25NO6
CAS Number:
64-86-8
Molecular Weight:
399.44
Beilstein:
2228813
EC Number:
200-598-5
MDL number:
MFCD00078484
PubChem Substance ID:
24278348
NACRES:
NA.77

Quality Level

200

Assay

≥95% (HPLC)

form

powder

color

white to yellow

mp

150-160 °C (dec.) (lit.)

solubility

ethanol: 50 mg/mL

SMILES string

COC1=CC=C2C(=CC1=O)[C@H](CCc3cc(OC)c(OC)c(OC)c23)NC(C)=O

InChI

1S/C22H25NO6/c1-12(24)23-16-8-6-13-10-19(27-3)21(28-4)22(29-5)20(13)14-7-9-18(26-2)17(25)11-15(14)16/h7,9-11,16H,6,8H2,1-5H3,(H,23,24)/t16-/m0/s1

InChI key

IAKHMKGGTNLKSZ-INIZCTEOSA-N

Gene Information

human ... ABCB1(5243) , CYP3A4(1576) , TUBA1A(7846) , TUBA1B(10376) , TUBA1C(84790) , TUBA3C(7278) , TUBA3E(112714) , TUBA4A(7277) , TUBB(203068) , TUBB1(81027) , TUBB2A(7280) , TUBB2B(347733) , TUBB3(10381) , TUBB4A(10382) , TUBB4B(10383) , TUBB6(84617) , TUBB8(347688)
mouse ... Abcb1a(18671) , Abcb1b(18669)

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C3915PHR17641146006
Colchicine ≥95% (HPLC), powder

Sigma-Aldrich

C9754

Colchicine

Colchicine BioReagent, suitable for plant cell culture, ≥95% (HPLC)

Sigma-Aldrich

C3915

Colchicine

Colchicine Pharmaceutical Secondary Standard; Certified Reference Material

Supelco

PHR1764

Colchicine

Colchicine United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Reference Standard

USP

1146006

Colchicine

form

powder

form

powder

form

-

form

-

color

white to yellow

color

-

color

-

color

-

solubility

ethanol: 50 mg/mL

solubility

-

solubility

-

solubility

-

mp

150-160 °C (dec.) (lit.)

mp

150-160 °C (dec.) (lit.)

mp

150-160 °C (dec.) (lit.)

mp

150-160 °C (dec.) (lit.)

Gene Information

human ... ABCB1(5243), CYP3A4(1576), TUBA1A(7846), TUBA1B(10376), TUBA1C(84790), TUBA3C(7278), TUBA3E(112714), TUBA4A(7277), TUBB(203068), TUBB1(81027), TUBB2A(7280), TUBB2B(347733), TUBB3(10381), TUBB4A(10382), TUBB4B(10383), TUBB6(84617), TUBB8(347688)
mouse ... Abcb1a(18671), Abcb1b(18669)

Gene Information

human ... ABCB1(5243), CYP3A4(1576), TUBA1A(7846), TUBA1B(10376), TUBA1C(84790), TUBA3C(7278), TUBA3E(112714), TUBA4A(7277), TUBB(203068), TUBB1(81027), TUBB2A(7280), TUBB2B(347733), TUBB3(10381), TUBB4A(10382), TUBB4B(10383), TUBB6(84617), TUBB8(347688)
mouse ... Abcb1a(18671), Abcb1b(18669)

Gene Information

human ... TUBA1A(7846), TUBA1B(10376), TUBA1C(84790), TUBA3C(7278), TUBA3E(112714), TUBA4A(7277), TUBB(203068), TUBB1(81027), TUBB2A(7280), TUBB2B(347733), TUBB3(10381), TUBB4A(10382), TUBB4B(10383), TUBB6(84617), TUBB8(347688)

Gene Information

human ... TUBA1A(7846), TUBA1B(10376), TUBA1C(84790), TUBA3C(7278), TUBA3E(112714), TUBA4A(7277), TUBB(203068), TUBB1(81027), TUBB2A(7280), TUBB2B(347733), TUBB3(10381), TUBB4A(10382), TUBB4B(10383), TUBB6(84617), TUBB8(347688)

General description

Colchicine is a secondary metabolite, which has anti-inflammatory properties. It is used to treat gout, crystal-induced joint inflammation, familial Mediterranean fever, Behçet disease, vasculitides and pericarditis. Colchicine inhibits cell division, intracellular vesicle motility, secretion of cytokines and chemokines. It is implicated in leukocyte diapedesis and lysosomal degranulation. Colchicine also blocks fibroblast proliferation and collagen transport to extracellular space.

Application

Colchicine has been used:
  • in the in vitro sister-chromatid exchange (SCE) assay
  • to study its in vitro antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal and cytotoxic activities
  • in microtubule disruption
  • to analyse its effects on Ca2+ transients from taxol-treated cells

Biochem/physiol Actions

Antimitotic agent that disrupts microtubules by binding to tubulin and preventing its polymerization. Stimulates the intrinsic GTPase activity of tubulin. Induces apoptosis in several normal and tumor cell lines and activates the JNK/SAPK signaling pathway.

Features and Benefits

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Pictograms

Skull and crossbonesHealth hazard
GHS06,GHS08

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H300 - H340

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 2 Oral - Muta. 1B

Storage Class Code

6.1A - Combustible, acute toxic Cat. 1 and 2 / very toxic hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Colchicine-an overview for plant biotechnologists
Ramawat KG and Merillon JM
Bioactive Molecules and Medicinal Plants, 215-232 (2008)
Lynette J Oost et al.
Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle, 10(3), 630-642 (2019-03-22)
Skeletal muscle is a plastic tissue that adapts to changes in exercise, nutrition, and stress by secreting myokines and myometabolites. These muscle-secreted factors have autocrine, paracrine, and endocrine effects, contributing to whole body homeostasis. Muscle dysfunction in aging sarcopenia, cancer
A leukemia fusion protein attenuates the spindle checkpoint and promotes aneuploidy
Boyapati A, et al.
Blood, 109(9), 3963-3971 (2007)
Genotoxic, cytostatic, antineoplastic and apoptotic effects of newly synthesized antitumour steroidal esters
Karapidaki I, et al.
Mutation Research. Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis, 675(1), 51-59 (2009)
Colchicine today
Niel E and Scherrmann JM
Joint, Bone, Spine : Revue du Rhumatisme, 73(6), 672-678 (2006)
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