As nouns the difference between colchicine and colcemid
is that colchicine is a highly toxic alkaloid, chemical formula C22H25NO6, originally extracted from plants of the genus Colchicum and formerly used to treat rheumatic complaints, now used mainly in the treatment of gout while colcemid is a derivative of colchicine that is used in genetic research.
colchicine
English
Noun
(
wikipedia colchicine)
A highly toxic alkaloid, chemical formula C22H25NO6, originally extracted from plants of the genus Colchicum and formerly used to treat rheumatic complaints, now used mainly in the treatment of gout.