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-bulin

antineoplastics; mitotic inhibitor, tubulin binder

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

All 23 names WHO lists under -bulin

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. avanbulin
  2. batabulin
  3. cevipabulin
  4. crolibulin
  5. denibulin
  6. ecteribulin
  7. entasobulin
  8. eribulin
  9. fosbretabulin
  10. indibulin
  11. lexibulin
  12. lisavanbulin
  13. mivobulin
  14. ombrabulin
  15. plinabulin
  16. plocabulin
  17. rosabulin
  18. sabizabulin
  19. taltobulin
  20. tirbanibulin
  21. unesbulin
  22. valecobulin
  23. verubulin

Decode another name

Decoded

eribulin

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem -bulin

  • -bulinend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: antineoplastics; mitotic inhibitor, tubulin binder

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

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Source and licence

The definition of -bulin (Part II B) and the 23 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.