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WHO naming stem · prefix · 27 listed names

vin-/-vin-

vinca alkaloids

WHO's definition, quoted as written in the 2024 stem book
Names only. This page is about vin-/-vin- 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 vin-/-vin-. It has 2 spellings or places: vin at the start of the name (vin…); vin inside the name, with letters before and after it (…vin…).

Of the 27 names WHO lists under it, 25 carry vin at the start of the name, 2 carry vin inside the name, with letters before and after it.

All 27 names WHO lists under vin-/-vin-

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. apovincamine
  2. brovincamine
  3. vinblastine
  4. vinburnine
  5. vincamine
  6. vincanol
  7. vincantril
  8. vinconate
  9. vincristine
  10. vindeburnol
  11. vindesine
  12. vinepidine
  13. vinflunine
  14. vinformide
  15. vinfosiltine
  16. vinglycinate
  17. vinleucinol
  18. vinleurosine
  19. vinmegallate
  20. vinorelbine
  21. vinpocetine
  22. vinpoline
  23. vinrosidine
  24. vintafolide
  25. vintoperol
  26. vintriptol
  27. vinzolidine

Decode another name

Decoded

vincanol

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem vin-/-vin-

  • vin-/-vin-start of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: vinca alkaloids

“vincanol” is an INN that WHO lists under vin-/-vin- in the 2024 stem book.

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Source and licence

The definition of vin-/-vin- (Part II B) and the 27 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.