CMC Medical CMC-Medical VELLORE Solved Paper-2014

  • question_answer
    An alkaloid, which arrest cell division is obtained from

    A)  Chrysanthamum

    B)  Colchicum

    C)  Dalbergia

    D)  Crocus

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

                    Colchicine is obtained from autumn region plant, Colchicum autumnale. It inhibits the formation of the mitotic spindle. When this drug is administered in the somatic cells, the chromosome duplicate but mitotic non-disjunction occurs.


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