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Suranjan is included in list of poisonous plants of India. It must be used with caution. It is toxic plant due to the presence of from several alkaloids (mainly colchicine, demecolcine, and colchicoside), which are present in all plant parts.

Alkaloid Colchicine

The alkaloid, Colchicine present in the form of bitter variety of Colchicum luteum, and Colchicum autumnale, is an amorphous, yellowish-white alkaloid, which darkens on exposure to light, and gives a yellow coloration with strong mineral acids. It is a weak base, and readily dissolves in water, alcohol or chloroform but is only slightly soluble in ether or petroleum spirit.

Colchicine is effective in the treatment of gout, and periodic diseases though the exact mechanism of action by which it works is not known. This phytochemical has anti-gout, and anti-inflammatory activities. It can be used as an option to relieve gout attacks for people who cannot take nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for some reason. Colchicine is considered best remedies for acute gout pain. Colchicine is frequently prescribed in tablet form, and transdermal preparations containing colchicine are the subject of a Japanese patent. It is available in Homeopathy as tincture.

General Information

Suranjan is the conical or gibbously avoid corm of Colchicum luteum Baker. The corm is enlarged underground stem bearing foliage leaves, sheathing leaves, and fibrous roots. It is off white to brownish white in color. The corm is flattened on one side, and the other side has a longitudinal groove in the middle extending throughout the length. The apex is marked by dark depression representing the position of flowering shoot, and a prominent dark brown scar at the base, marking the point of attachment with parent corm. The smooth surface is marked by indefinite, and irregular longitudinal striations. The corm is nearly odourless with bitter, and starchy taste. Cross section of corm shows the single layered epidermis which consists of rectangular to squarish, slightly thick walled parenchymatous cells filled with starch granules, and coated with thick cuticle. Cells of ground tissue are polygonal to oval to spherical, slightly thick walled, compact, and filled with starch granules.

Starch granules are simple spherical, and are of 4.5-23.0 ? in size but usually compounded with 2-4 or more components which are often muller shaped. A well marked central hilum, which is irregularly oval in smaller granules, and triangular to sttelate in larger granules. Vascular bundles are numerous conjoint, collateral or bi-collateral, and scattered in the ground tissue.

Leaves are few, lorate, linear-oblong or oblanceolate, obtuse, appearing with the flowers, short at flowering time, at fruiting IS-3~ em. by 8-13 mm., tip rounded.

Flowering takes place in spring. Flowers are 1-2, 2.5-3.8 cm. diameter when expanded. perianth golden yellow, tube 7.5-10 em., segments oblong or oblanceolate, obtuse, many-nerved. Stamens shorter than the perianth. Filaments very much shorter than the long yellow anthers. Style filiform, much longer than the perianth. Capsule 2.5•3.8 cm.

Scientific Classification

The botanical name of Suranjan is Colchicum luteum. It belongs to plant family Liliaceae. The genus derives its name from Colchis on the Black Sea, one of the places where this plant is found. The drug was recommended in Arabian writings for use in gout.

Colchicum autumnale, a flowering plant commonly known as autumn crocus, meadow saffron or naked lady, is found wild in Europe, and Africa, and cultivated in North America is used in West for medicinal purpose. Alkaloid Colchicine is prepared from dried corms, and seeds of Colchicum autumnale, and used for gout.

Constituents of Colchicum luteum

Fresh corm contains about 0.95% alkaloids. Up to about 0.6% colchicine, other related alkaloids, and starch are present in the corm. Aerial parts also contain colchicine but in lesser amount.

Colchicine

Colchicoside

N-deacetyl-N-formyl-colchicine

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