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WHO naming stem · prefix · former · 17 listed names

mito-

antineoplastics, nucleotoxic agents (deleted from General Principles in List 24 prop. INN)

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

WHO marks this stem (d): formerly used and no longer formally acknowledged. The names below keep it.

All 17 names WHO lists under mito-

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. mitobronitol
  2. mitocarcin
  3. mitoclomine
  4. mitoflaxone
  5. mitogillin
  6. mitoguazone
  7. mitolactol
  8. mitomalcin
  9. mitomycin
  10. mitonafide
  11. mitopodozide
  12. mitoquidone
  13. mitosper
  14. mitotane
  15. mitotenamine
  16. mitoxantrone
  17. mitozolomide

Decode another name

Decoded

mitosper

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem mito-

  • mito-start of the nameWHO lists it hereformer stemWHO definition: antineoplastics, nucleotoxic agents (deleted from General Principles in List 24 prop. INN)

“mitosper” is an INN that WHO lists under mito- in the 2024 stem book. A stem marked “former” is one WHO no longer formally acknowledges.

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Source and licence

The definition of mito- (Part II B) and the 17 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.