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Gloriosa superba
Spectacular climbing lily of tropical Africa and Asia with crimson-yellow flowers, highly toxic colchicine source.
Gloriosa superba, a climbing lily native to tropical Africa and Asia, is a highly toxic plant containing colchicine and other alkaloids. Despite its lethal toxicity, it has been used in traditional medicine for gout and pain in microdoses, and modern research explores its anticancer potential. Key active compounds include colchicine, gloriosine, and demecolcine, which exert antimitotic and anti-inflammatory effects.
Colchicine, the primary alkaloid, binds to tubulin, inhibiting microtubule polymerization and thereby disrupting mitosis, cell division, and intracellular transport. This antimitotic action underlies both its therapeutic effects in gout (by reducing neutrophil chemotaxis and inflammation) and its toxicity in rapidly dividing cells. Gloriosine and demecolcine contribute additional antimitotic and possibly apoptotic effects, while the plant's overall toxicity involves multi-organ failure due to widespread microtubule disruption.
Spectacular climbing lily of tropical Africa and Asia with crimson-yellow flowers, highly toxic colchicine source.
Gloriosa superba, a climbing lily native to tropical Africa and Asia, is a highly toxic plant containing colchicine and other alkaloids. Despite its lethal toxicity, it has been used in traditional medicine for gout and pain in microdoses, and modern research explores its anticancer potential. Key active compounds include colchicine, gloriosine, and demecolcine, which exert antimitotic and anti-inflammatory effects.
Colchicine, the primary alkaloid, binds to tubulin, inhibiting microtubule polymerization and thereby disrupting mitosis, cell division, and intracellular transport. This antimitotic action underlies both its therapeutic effects in gout (by reducing neutrophil chemotaxis and inflammation) and its toxicity in rapidly dividing cells. Gloriosine and demecolcine contribute additional antimitotic and possibly apoptotic effects, while the plant's overall toxicity involves multi-organ failure due to widespread microtubule disruption.