Twelve known compounds, colchicine, 2-demethylcolchicine, 2-demethyldemecolcine, 2-demethylcolchifoline, 2-demethyl-lumicolchicine, lumicolchicine, demecolcine, luteolin, apigenin, n-hentriacontane, n-triacontanol and sitosterol were isolated from cormsand flowers of colchicum autumnale Liliaceae which was introduced from Europe and cultivated in Zhaotong Yunnan, China The contents ofcolchicine in corms and flowers of colchicum autumnale were 0.015% and 0.04% respectively, and the content of demecolcine in corms was0.043%.
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