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gli

antihyperglycaemics

WHO's definition, quoted as written in the 2024 stem book
Names only. This page is about gli 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.

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WHO writes the stem as gli, without hyphens, which means it can sit anywhere in a name. So the letters gli sit anywhere in the name (gli).

All 112 names WHO lists under gli

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. adomeglivant
  2. aleglitazar
  3. alogliptin
  4. anagliptin
  5. atigliflozin
  6. azemiglitazone
  7. balaglitazone
  8. bexagliflozin
  9. bisegliptin
  10. camiglibose
  11. canagliflozin
  12. carfloglitazar
  13. carmegliptin
  14. cevoglitazar
  15. ciglitazone
  16. cofrogliptin
  17. dapagliflozin
  18. darglitazone
  19. denagliptin
  20. deriglidole
  21. dorzagliatin
  22. dutogliptin
  23. edaglitazone
  24. emiglitate
  25. empagliflozin
  26. enavoglifozin
  27. englitazone
  28. ertugliflozin
  29. evogliptin
  30. farglitazar
  31. fasiglifam
  32. firuglipel
  33. garvagliptin
  34. gemigliptin
  35. gliamilide
  36. glibenclamide
  37. glibornuride
  38. glibutimine
  39. glicaramide
  40. glicetanile
  41. gliclazide
  42. glicondamide
  43. glidazamide
  44. gliflumide
  45. glimepiride
  46. glipalamide
  47. glipentide
  48. glipizide
  49. gliquidone
  50. glisamuride
  51. glisentide
  52. glisindamide
  53. glisolamide
  54. glisoxepide
  55. gosogliptin
  56. imeglimin
  57. imiglitazar
  58. indeglitazar
  59. ingliforib
  60. ipragliflozin
  61. isaglidole
  62. leriglitazone
  63. licogliflozin
  64. limiglidole
  65. linagliptin
  66. linogliride
  67. lobeglitazone
  68. luseogliflozin
  69. managlinat dialanetil
  70. meglitinide
  71. melogliptin
  72. midaglizole
  73. miglitol
  74. mitiglinide
  75. mizagliflozin
  76. muroglitazar
  77. naglivan
  78. nateglinide
  79. naveglitazar
  80. netoglitazone
  81. omarigliptin
  82. oxeglitazar
  83. peliglitazar
  84. pemaglitazar
  85. pioglitazone
  86. piragliatin
  87. pirogliride
  88. prusogliptin
  89. ragaglitazar
  90. reglitazar
  91. remogliflozin etabonate
  92. repaglinide
  93. rivoglitazone
  94. rosiglitazone
  95. saroglitazar
  96. saxagliptin
  97. seglitide
  98. sergliflozin etabonate
  99. sipoglitazar
  100. sitagliptin
  101. sodelglitazar
  102. sotagliflozin
  103. teglicar
  104. teneligliptin
  105. tesaglitazar
  106. tibeglisene
  107. tofogliflozin
  108. trelagliptin
  109. troglitazone
  110. velagliflozin
  111. vildagliptin
  112. voglibose

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miglitol

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem gli

  • gliinside the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: antihyperglycaemics

“miglitol” is an INN that WHO lists under gli in the 2024 stem book.

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Source and licence

The definition of gli (Part II B) and the 112 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.