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-mustine

antineoplastic, alkylating agents, (β-chloroethyl) amine derivatives

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

All 26 names WHO lists under -mustine

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. alestramustine
  2. ambamustine
  3. atrimustine
  4. bendamustine
  5. bofumustine
  6. carmustine
  7. ditiomustine
  8. ecomustine
  9. elmustine
  10. estramustine
  11. fotemustine
  12. galamustine
  13. laromustine
  14. lomustine
  15. mannomustine
  16. neptamustine
  17. nimustine
  18. pentamustine
  19. prednimustine
  20. ranimustine
  21. semustine
  22. spiromustine
  23. tallimustine
  24. tauromustine
  25. tinostamustine
  26. uramustine

Decode another name

Decoded

elmustine

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem -mustine

  • -mustineend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: antineoplastic, alkylating agents, (β-chloroethyl) amine derivatives

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

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Source and licence

The definition of -mustine (Part II B) and the 26 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.