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sal

salicylic acid derivatives

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

All 59 names WHO lists under sal

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. acetaminosalol
  2. amotosalen
  3. asalhydromorphone
  4. balsalazide
  5. calcium benzamidosalicylate
  6. carbasalate calcium
  7. carsalam
  8. dersalazine
  9. detanosal
  10. diflunisal
  11. etersalate
  12. etosalamide
  13. fenamisal
  14. fendosal
  15. flufenisal
  16. flufosal
  17. fosfosal
  18. guacetisal
  19. guaimesal
  20. homosalate
  21. imidazole salicylate
  22. ipsalazide
  23. isalmadol
  24. isalsteine
  25. lasalocid
  26. mersalyl
  27. mesalazine
  28. octisalate
  29. olsalazine
  30. osalmid
  31. parcetasal
  32. parsalmide
  33. pranosal
  34. salacetamide
  35. salafibrate
  36. salantel
  37. salazosulfadimidine
  38. salazosulfamide
  39. salazosulfathiazole
  40. salcaprozic acid
  41. salclobuzic acid
  42. salcolex
  43. saletamide
  44. salfluverine
  45. salicylamide
  46. salinazid
  47. salirasib
  48. salnacedin
  49. salprotoside
  50. salsalate
  51. salverine
  52. sulfasalazine
  53. sulprosal
  54. susalimod
  55. talosalate
  56. tenosal
  57. thiomersal
  58. triflusal
  59. xenysalate

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osalmid

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem sal

  • salinside the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: salicylic acid derivatives

“osalmid” is an INN that WHO lists under sal in the 2024 stem book.

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Source and licence

The definition of sal (Part II B) and the 59 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.