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-anserin

serotonin receptor antagonists (mostly 5-HT2)

WHO's definition, quoted as written in the 2024 stem book
Names only. This page is about -anserin as a part of a name. It has nothing on uses, doses, side effects or interactions of any medicine that carries it, and nothing here is medical advice. Ask a pharmacist or doctor about the medicine itself.

Where it sits in a name

WHO writes the stem as -anserin. So the letters anserin sit at the end of the name (…anserin).

All 19 names WHO lists under -anserin

These are the INN in group (a) of Part IV of the stem book: names in which WHO says the stem is used as defined. The stem is marked where WHO places it. A-Z as WHO lists them.

  1. adatanserin
  2. altanserin
  3. blonanserin
  4. butanserin
  5. eplivanserin
  6. fananserin
  7. flibanserin
  8. iferanserin
  9. ketanserin
  10. lidanserin
  11. nelotanserin
  12. opiranserin
  13. pelanserin
  14. pimavanserin
  15. pruvanserin
  16. seganserin
  17. trelanserin
  18. tropanserin
  19. volinanserin

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Decoded

altanserin

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem -anserin

  • -anserinend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: serotonin receptor antagonists (mostly 5-HT2)

“altanserin” is an INN that WHO lists under -anserin in the 2024 stem book.

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Source and licence

The definition of -anserin (Part II B) and the 19 names (Part IV, group (a)) are from Use of stems in the selection of International Nonproprietary Names (INN) for pharmaceutical substances, 2024 (World Health Organization, Stem book 2024 (ISBN 978-92-4-009938-8); covers proposed INN Lists 1-129). Checked .

Adapted from: Use of stems in the selection of International Nonproprietary Names (INN) for pharmaceutical substances, 2024. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2024. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. This adaptation was not created by WHO; WHO is not responsible for its content or accuracy and does not endorse this site. The data file stems.json is shared under the same licence.