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-citabine

nucleosides antiviral or antineoplastic agents, cytarabine or azacitidine derivatives

WHO's definition, quoted as written in the 2024 stem book
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WHO writes the stem as -citabine. So the letters citabine sit at the end of the name (…citabine).

All 28 names WHO lists under -citabine

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. ancitabine
  2. apricitabine
  3. capecitabine
  4. decitabine
  5. dexelvucitabine
  6. elvucitabine
  7. emtricitabine
  8. enocitabine
  9. fiacitabine
  10. flurocitabine
  11. fosgemcitabine palabenamide
  12. fostroxacitabine bralpamide
  13. galocitabine
  14. gemcitabine
  15. gemcitabine elaidate
  16. guadecitabine
  17. ibacitabine
  18. lumicitabine
  19. mericitabine
  20. radgocitabine
  21. roducitabine
  22. sapacitabine
  23. tezacitabine
  24. torcitabine
  25. troxacitabine
  26. valopicitabine
  27. valtorcitabine
  28. zalcitabine

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ancitabine

Listed INNCarries 3 WHO stems, most specific first: -citabine …

  • -citabineend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: nucleosides antiviral or antineoplastic agents, cytarabine or azacitidine derivatives
  • -(ar)abineend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: arabinofuranosyl derivatives
  • -abineend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: arabinofuranosyl derivatives; nucleosides antiviral or antineoplastic agents, cytarabine or azacitidine derivatives

“ancitabine” is an INN that WHO lists under -citabine, -(ar)abine, -abine in the 2024 stem book.

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Source and licence

The definition of -citabine (Part II B) and the 28 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.