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-brate

clofibrate derivatives

WHO's definition, quoted as written in the 2024 stem book
Names only. This page is about -brate 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 -brate. So the letters brate sit at the end of the name (…brate).

All 32 names WHO lists under -brate

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. aluminium clofibrate
  2. beclobrate
  3. bezafibrate
  4. biclofibrate
  5. binifibrate
  6. calcium clofibrate
  7. choline fenofibrate
  8. cinnarizine clofibrate
  9. ciprofibrate
  10. clinofibrate
  11. clofibrate
  12. dulofibrate
  13. eniclobrate
  14. etofibrate
  15. etofylline clofibrate
  16. fenirofibrate
  17. fenofibrate
  18. lifibrate
  19. nicofibrate
  20. pemafibrate
  21. picafibrate
  22. ponfibrate
  23. ronifibrate
  24. salafibrate
  25. serfibrate
  26. simfibrate
  27. sitofibrate
  28. tiafibrate
  29. timofibrate
  30. tocofibrate
  31. urefibrate
  32. xantifibrate

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beclobrate

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem -brate

  • -brateend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: clofibrate derivatives

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

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Source and licence

The definition of -brate (Part II B) and the 32 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.