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-tril/trilat

endopeptidase inhibitors

WHO's definition, quoted as written in the 2024 stem book
Names only. This page is about -tril/trilat 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 -tril/trilat. It has 2 spellings or places: tril at the end of the name (…tril); trilat at the end of the name (…trilat).

Of the 10 names WHO lists under it, 6 carry tril at the end of the name, 4 carry trilat at the end of the name.

All 10 names WHO lists under -tril/trilat

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. candoxatril
  2. candoxatrilat
  3. ecadotril
  4. fasidotril
  5. ilepatril
  6. omapatrilat
  7. racecadotril
  8. sacubitril
  9. sacubitrilat
  10. sampatrilat

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ecadotril

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem -tril/trilat

  • -tril/trilatend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: endopeptidase inhibitors

“ecadotril” is an INN that WHO lists under -tril/trilat in the 2024 stem book.

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Source and licence

The definition of -tril/trilat (Part II B) and the 10 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.