Somatostatin

Scheme

Rec.INN

ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification)

H01CB01

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0038916-34-6

Chemical Formula

C76-H104-N18-O19-S2

Molecular Weight

1637

Therapeutic Categories

Growth hormone release inhibiting hormone, GHRIH (somatostatin)

Hemostatic agent, gastrointestinal tract

Chemical Name

Growth hormone-release inhibiting factor: L-alanylglycyl-L-cysteinyl-L-lysyl-L-asparaginyl-L-phenylalanyl-L-phenylalanyl-L-tryptophyl-L-lysyl-L-threonyl-L-phenylalanyl-L-threonyl-L-seryl-L-cysteine cyclic (3-14) disulfide (WHO)

Foreign Names

• Somatostatinum (Latin)
• Somatostatin (German)
• Somatostatine (French)
• Somatostatina (Spanish)

Generic Names

• Somatostatin (OS: BAN)
• Somatostatina (OS: DCIT)
• Somatostatine (OS: DCF)
• Ayerst 25511 (IS: Ayerst)
• GH-RIH (IS)
• SRIF (IS)
• Somatostatin (PH: BP 2010, Ph. Eur. 6)
• Somatostatine (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Somatostatinum (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• SRIF-A (IS)

Brand Names

• Eklivan
  Proel, Greece; Proel, Serbia



• Etaxene
  Alfa Wassermann, Italy



• Hematinan
  Bioreg, Peru



• Shishitai
  Jida, China



• Somatosan
  Dem Ilaç, Turkey



• Somatostatin Lyomark
  Wasserburger, Bulgaria



• Somatostatin UCB
  Medis, Slovenia



• Somatostatina UCB
  UCB, Portugal



• Somatostatine Eumedica
  Eumedica, Belgium



• Somatostatine UCB
  UCB Pharma, Vietnam



• Somatostatin-UCB
  UCB, Greece; UCB, Indonesia; UCB, Turkey



• Stilamin
  Merck, Switzerland; Merck, Singapore; Merck Serono, China; Serono, Bangladesh; Serono, Hong Kong; Serono, Luxembourg; Serono, Taiwan; Merck, Switzerland



• Ikestatina
  Crinos, Italy; Neopharma, Venezuela



• Modustatina
  Sanofi-Aventis, Italy



• Modustatine
  Sanofi-Synthelabo, Luxembourg



• Resurmide
  IBI, Italy



• Sadolin
  Elpen, Greece



• Somabion
  Medicus, Greece



• Somastin
  Serum Institute, India



• Somatin
  Torrex Chiesi, Austria



• Somatosan
  Centapharm, Taiwan



• Somatostatin DeltaSelect
  DeltaSelect, Germany



• Somatostatin Hexal
  Hexal, Germany



• Somatostatin Inresa
  Inresa, Germany



• Somatostatin Lyomark
  Lyomark, Germany



• Somatostatin UCB
  UCB, Austria; UCB, Bulgaria



• Somatostatina Combino Pharm
  Combino, Spain



• Somatostatina IBP
  IBP, Italy



• Somatostatina Normon
  Normon, Spain



• Somatostatina PH&T
  PH&T, Italy



• Somatostatina Vedim
  UCB, Spain



• Somatostatina
  Delta Farma, Argentina



• Somatostatine UCB
  UCB, France; UCB, Luxembourg; UCB, Netherlands



• Somatostatin-UCB
  UCB, Czech Republic; UCB, Greece; UCB, Hungary; UCB, Malaysia; UCB, Poland; UCB, Singapore; UCB, Thailand



• Somonal
  Juste, Spain



• Stilamin
  EMD Serono, Canada; Merck Serono, Italy; Merck Serono, South Africa; Serono, Brazil; Serono, Hong Kong; Serono, Myanmar; Serono, Venezuela; Serum Institute, India; Vianex / BIANEΞ, Greece



• UCB Somatostatin
  UCB, Philippines

International Drug Name Search

Glossary

BAN	British Approved Name
DCF	Dénomination Commune Française
DCIT	Denominazione Comune Italiana
IS	Inofficial Synonym
OS	Official Synonym
PH	Pharmacopoeia Name
Rec.INN	Recommended International Nonproprietary Name (World Health Organization)
WHO	World Health Organization

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