SPL Set ID: 1e7ef16d-262b-4dc0-92d6-7afe4aa21ebd
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Colchicine is an alkaloid chemically described as Acetamide, N-(5,6,7,9-tetrahydro-1,2,3,10-tetramethoxy-9-oxobenzo[a]heptalen-7-yl)-,(S) with a molecular formula of C 22 H 25 NO 6 and a molecular weight of 399.44. The structural formula of colchicine is given below. Colchicine USP occurs as pale yellow to pale greenish-yellow crystalline powder. Is odorless or nearly so, and darkens on exposure to light. Colchicine is freely soluble in alcohol, in chloroform and soluble in water. Colchicine tablets, USP are supplied for oral administration as purple, film-coated, capsule-shaped, bevel edged, biconvex tablets, debossed with "H" on one side and scored with "C2" on the other side; where 'C' and '2' are separated by a score line, containing 0.6 mg of the active ingredient colchicine USP. Inactive ingredients: carnauba wax, FD&C blue #2/indigo carmine AL, FD&C red #40/allura red AC aluminum lake, hypromellose, lactose monohydrate, macrogol, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, polydextrose, pregelatinized starch, sodium starch glycolate, titanium dioxide and triacetin. The botanical source of pregelatinized starch is corn starch. FDA approved dissolution test specifications differ from USP structure