Why Do Drugs End in Ine

1. (Science: chemistry, suffix) a suffix, indicating that those substances of whose names it is a part are basic, and alkaloidal in their nature. All organic bases, and basic substances (especially nitrogenous substances), are systematically written with the termination -ine; as, quinine, morphine, guanidine, etc.

Do amino acids end in ine?

Here are the 20 amino acids. Note that many (though not all) have names ending in -ine. All amino acids have three identical parts: an amino group, a carboxyl group, and a hydrogen.

What are drug suffixes?

prefix, root, suffixexamples (generic names)drug class or drug category-zodonenefazodone, trazodone, vilazodoneantidepressant-zolamalprazolam; estazolam; midazolam; triazolambenzodiazepine-zosinalfuzosin; doxazosin; prazosin; terazosinalpha blocker