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Elixir (other)
An elixir is a type of pharmaceutical preparation. Elixir may also refer to: Arts and media Music * Elixir (British band), a British heavy metal band * Elixir (Australian band), an Australian jazz band ** Elixir (Elixir album), ''Elixir'' (Elixir album), 2003 * Elixir Strings, an American maker of strings for stringed instruments * Elixir (Iasos album), ''Elixir'' (Iasos album), 1983 * Elixir (Fourplay album), ''Elixir'' (Fourplay album), 1994 * Elixir (Hal Russell album), ''Elixir'' (Hal Russell album), 2001 * "Elixir", a song by Vast Aire Other media * Elixir (character), a fictional mutant in the Marvel Universe * Elixir (Duff and Allen novel), ''Elixir'' (Duff and Allen novel), a novel by Hilary Duff and Elise Allen * Elixir (Walters novel), ''Elixir'' (Walters novel), a novel by Eric Walters * Elixir (video game), ''Elixir'' (video game), a 1987 video game * Elixir (film), a 2016 Bengali short film Other uses * ELIXIR (European life-sciences infrastructure for biological inf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elixir
An elixir is a sweet liquid used for medical purposes, to be taken orally and intended to cure one's illness. When used as a dosage form, pharmaceutical preparation, an elixir contains at least one active ingredient designed to be taken orally. Etymology The word was introduced in late Middle English, through Medieval Latin, Latin from the Arabic Language, Arabic (), which in turn is the Arabization of the Ancient Greek () (from () ). For centuries, ''elixir'' primarily meant an ingredient used in alchemy, either referring to a liquid which purportedly converts lead to gold, or a substance or liquid which is believed to cure all ills and Elixir of immortality, give eternal life. Types Non-medicated elixirs These are used as solvents or vehicles for the preparation of medicated elixirs. Active ingredients are dissolved in a 15–50% by volume solution of Ethanol, ethyl alcohol: *aromatic elixirs (United States Pharmacopeia, USP) *isoalcoholic elixirs (Formulary (pharm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
