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prost

prostaglandins

WHO's definition, quoted as written in the 2024 stem book
Names only. This page is about prost 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 prost, without hyphens, which means it can sit anywhere in a name. So the letters prost sit anywhere in the name (prost).

All 72 names WHO lists under prost

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. alfaprostol
  2. alprostadil
  3. arbaprostil
  4. ataprost
  5. beraprost
  6. bimatoprost
  7. butaprost
  8. carboprost
  9. cicaprost
  10. ciloprost
  11. ciprostene
  12. clinprost
  13. cloprostenol
  14. cobiprostone
  15. delprostenate
  16. deprostil
  17. dimoxaprost
  18. dinoprost
  19. dinoprostone
  20. doxaprost
  21. ecraprost
  22. eganoprost
  23. enisoprost
  24. enprostil
  25. epoprostenol
  26. eptaloprost
  27. esuberaprost
  28. etiproston
  29. fenprostalene
  30. flunoprost
  31. fluprostenol
  32. froxiprost
  33. gemeprost
  34. iloprost
  35. lanproston
  36. latanoprost
  37. latanoprostene bunod
  38. limaprost
  39. lubiprostone
  40. luprostiol
  41. meteneprost
  42. mexiprostil
  43. misoprostol
  44. naxaprostene
  45. nileprost
  46. nobiprostolan
  47. nocloprost
  48. ornoprostil
  49. oxoprostol
  50. penprostene
  51. pimilprost
  52. piriprost
  53. posaraprost
  54. prostalene
  55. remiprostol
  56. rioprostil
  57. rivenprost
  58. rosaprostol
  59. sepetaprost
  60. spiriprostil
  61. sulprostone
  62. tafluprost
  63. taprostene
  64. tiaprost
  65. tilsuprost
  66. tiprostanide
  67. travoprost
  68. treprostinil
  69. trimoprostil
  70. unoprostone
  71. vapiprost
  72. viprostol

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Decoded

ataprost

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem prost

  • prostend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: prostaglandins

“ataprost” is an INN that WHO lists under prost in the 2024 stem book.

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Source and licence

The definition of prost (Part II B) and the 72 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.