elixir

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Sweet (often colored) dilute alcohol-based, "hydroalcoholic", liquid used in the compounding of drugs to be taken by mouth in order to improve palatability.
Note: Elixirs are among the most common types of medicinal preparations taken orally in liquid form.
Source:
PAC, 2009, 81, 971. (Glossary of terms related to pharmaceutics (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)) on page 983 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'elixir' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.15182 RIS BibTex EndNote
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