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-entan

endothelin receptor antagonists

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

All 18 names WHO lists under -entan

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. ambrisentan
  2. aprocitentan
  3. atrasentan
  4. avosentan
  5. bosentan
  6. clazosentan
  7. darusentan
  8. edonentan
  9. enrasentan
  10. fandosentan
  11. feloprentan
  12. macitentan
  13. nebentan
  14. sitaxentan
  15. sparsentan
  16. tezosentan
  17. vodudeutentan
  18. zibotentan

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bosentan

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem -entan

  • -entanend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: endothelin receptor antagonists

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

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Source and licence

The definition of -entan (Part II B) and the 18 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.