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-tant

neurokinin (tachykinin) receptor antagonists

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

All 30 names WHO lists under -tant

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. aprepitant
  2. befetupitant
  3. burapitant
  4. casopitant
  5. dapitant
  6. elinzanetant
  7. ezlopitant
  8. fezolinetant
  9. figopitant
  10. fosaprepitant
  11. fosnetupitant
  12. ibodutant
  13. imnopitant
  14. lanepitant
  15. maropitant
  16. meclinertant
  17. nepadutant
  18. netupitant
  19. orvepitant
  20. osanetant
  21. pavinetant
  22. reminertant
  23. rolapitant
  24. saredutant
  25. serlopitant
  26. talnetant
  27. telmapitant
  28. tradipitant
  29. vestipitant
  30. vofopitant

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Decoded

dapitant

Listed INNCarries 2 WHO stems, most specific first: -pitant …

  • -pitantend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: neurokinin NK1 (substance P) receptor antagonist
  • -tantend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: neurokinin (tachykinin) receptor antagonists

“dapitant” is an INN that WHO lists under -pitant, -tant in the 2024 stem book.

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Source and licence

The definition of -tant (Part II B) and the 30 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.