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-kin

interleukin type substances

WHO's definition, quoted as written in the 2024 stem book
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Where it sits in a name

WHO writes the stem as -kin. So the letters kin sit at the end of the name (…kin).

All 32 names WHO lists under -kin

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. adargileukin alfa
  2. aldesleukin
  3. atexakin alfa
  4. avipendekin pegol
  5. bempegaldesleukin
  6. binetrakin
  7. canoctakin
  8. celmoleukin
  9. cergutuzumab amunaleukin
  10. cintredekin besudotox
  11. denenicokin
  12. denileukin diftitox
  13. edodekin alfa
  14. efavaleukin alfa
  15. efineptakin alfa
  16. eflepedocokin alfa
  17. emoctakin
  18. fbalropendekin alfa
  19. iboctadekin
  20. ilodecakin
  21. melredableukin alfa
  22. mobenakin
  23. nogapendekin alfa
  24. oprelvekin
  25. pegaldesleukin
  26. pegenzileukin
  27. pegilodecakin
  28. pifonakin
  29. pimroctakin
  30. rezpegaldesleukin
  31. teceleukin
  32. tucotuzumab celmoleukin

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emoctakin

Listed INNCarries 2 WHO stems, most specific first: octakin

  • octakinend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: interleukin-8 analogues and derivatives
  • -kinend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: interleukin type substances

“emoctakin” is an INN that WHO lists under octakin, -kin in the 2024 stem book.

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Source and licence

The definition of -kin (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.