1. Main slide Colchicum seeds. Names. Description and origin.
Constituents.
Therapeutic uses. (toxicity and S/E)
Drugs.
Cotton seeds.
Uses of cotton oil.
Absorbent Cotton.

2. COLCHICUM
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3. Pink flowers
Fruit form capsule
(3celled) which contain 3 dark reddish brown seeds
Corm
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4. Fruit form capsule
(3celled)
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5. Colchicum seeds Semina Colchici
Colchicum autamnale
Family : Liliaceae
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6. The fruit form capsule (three celled ) which contain 3 seeds.
Perennial herb .
The fruit form capsule (three celled ) which contain 3 seeds.
The seeds color dark reddish brown .
Odorless.
Taste : unpleasant & bitter .
Origin : Black Sea regions
Europe & USA
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7. Chemical constituents
Alkaloid (proto-alkaloid or alkaloidal amine group )
COLCHICINE O.8%
While corm contains 0.6% colchicine .
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8. The medical uses
Relief the pains and inflammations caused by acute gout .
Treatment of Mediterranean Fever
Relief of rheumatism pains.
Anti cancer .

9. Side effects: nausea, vomiting & diarrhea.
In large doses very toxic which cause death from failure of the respiration .
Side effects: nausea, vomiting & diarrhea.
Gout : hyperuricemia leads to deposits of sodium urate crystals in joints & kidney these crystals caused pain and inflammations .
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10. Drugs Colchicine® – 0.5mg tablets Rafa company: three tablets daily
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11. yellow flowers
brown or black seeds
Fruit form capsule 3-5 celled
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12. Cotton seeds Gossypium hirsutum Gossypium herbaceum Family : Malvaceae
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13. Description and Origin
G .herbaceum :Annual herbaceous plant with yellow flowers and white hairs .
G . hirsutum.: perennial small trees .
The fruit :(capsule) 3-5 celled .
Seeds color is brown or black .
Origin: Egypt and India.
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14. 1.Cotton seeds oil (fixed oil ) 2. Phenolic substances :
Chemical constituents
1.Cotton seeds oil (fixed oil )
2. Phenolic substances :
( Gossypol) which decrease males fertility .
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15. Cosmetics : soap ,hair creams & skin creams .
Uses of cotton oil
Cosmetics : soap ,hair creams & skin creams .
Oil injection : as solvent for certain kinds of drugs .
Food in Vietnam, India & China.
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16. Absorbent Cotton White and soft hairs consist of cellulose . Uses :
Surgical dressing .
Absorbent for blood and mucus .
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