This study is aimed at determining the characteristics and microbiota of soil upon which some Turkish Colchicum (Colchicaceae) species naturally grows. For this aim rhizosphere samples balansae Planch., triphyllum Kunze variegatum L. were analysed in research. The carbon mineralization rate C. p<0.05 significantly different from that other two soils. In terms nitrogen mineralization, sig...

Background and objectives: The genus Colchicum belongs to the family Colchicaceae, which comprises of 19 genera, and 225 species worldwide. They have been recognized for more than 2000 years for their noticeable biological properties. The Colchicum species are well known for presence of tropolonic alkaloids, mainly colchicine. Colchicine, is still the drug of ...

OBJECTIVE--To compile and analyse information contained in non-medical texts of the Byzantine historians and chroniclers concerning arthritis, and to clarify the first use of Colchicum autumnale in the treatment of gout by the fifth century physician, Jacob Psychristus. CONCLUSIONS--This material gives an indication of the problem of arthritis and, in particular, a disease resembling gout that ...

The stimulatory or inhibitory effects of plant lectins on the production of gelatinase A (MMP-2) and gelatinase B (MMP-9) by mononuclear white blood cells was investigated by substrate zymography. Leukocyte cultures from 24-h old buffy coats were spontaneously activated and produced high levels of gelatinase B. Using such cultures the suppressing activity of the Datura stramonium, Viscum album,...

Background: Colchicum is a genus of the Colchicaceae family with various isolated compounds, especially tropolone alkaloids and flavonoids, which are used for osteoarthritis, gout, cancer, inflammatory diseases, jaundice, sexual impotence in different societies. Objectives: The current study aimed to evaluate phytochemical physicochemical properties anti-inflammatory activities three species. M...