Colchicine
CAS: 64-86-8 | Type: natural_toxin
Moderate To High Risk (Adults)
Safety Summary
Hazard Profilehazardous
Risk (Adults)Moderate To High
Risk (Dogs)High
Risk (Cats)Extreme
Regulatory Status
SummaryCalifornia Prop 65 listed
Molecular FormulaC22H25NO6
Molecular Weight399.4
Sources
These citations are the ones recorded for the human adult context.
- IARC Monographs Volume 56: Some Naturally Occurring Substances — Food Items, Heterocyclic Amines and Mycotoxins; Colchicine Evaluation, Group 3 Classification (1993) REGULATORY · 1993
- US FDA: Colchicine — Drug Safety Communication on Narrow Therapeutic Index, Overdose Risk, Drug Interactions (Colcrys), and Toxicokinetics (2012) REGULATORY · 2012
- identity database ECHA CHEM, Download all substances: REACH registrations (ECHA's own list of REACH-registered substances) REGULATORY · 2026
- OEHHA Proposition 65 List of Carcinogens or Reproductive Toxicants (CSV, list date 31-Jul-26) REGULATORY
- Permissible Exposure Limits – OSHA Annotated Table Z-1 REGULATORY
- where to look PAC Chemical Database, U.S. Department of Energy, as recorded by PubChem (Experimental Properties, CID 6167; where-to-look, not a source of this value) DATABASE · 2026
- EPA CompTox CTX API: predicted properties for DTXSID5024845 (Colchicine) REFERENCE
- ECHA Annex VI to CLP: the unofficial Excel table (up to and including the 23rd ATP) REGULATORY
Same data as the API response, which is open and needs no key. The full per-record source list is available to authenticated callers.
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