Everything about Elixir

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: ElixirA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: An Update on the Therapeutic Anticancer Potential of Ocimum sanctum L.: “Elixir of Life”Influential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: This dark endeavorThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: BRENDA, the ELIXIR core data resource in 2021: new developments and updatesCited 842 times
5. Go sideways: ExcipientA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Tablet (pharmacy)A closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• BRENDA, the ELIXIR core data resource in 2021: new developments and updates

  Antje Chang, Lisa Jeske, Sandra Ulbrich · 2020 · Nucleic Acids Research · 842 citations

• BRENDA in 2019: a European ELIXIR core data resource

  Lisa Jeske, Sandra Placzek, Ida Schomburg · 2018 · Nucleic Acids Research · 388 citations

• Gallium Liquid Metal: The Devil's Elixir

  Shi-Yang Tang, Christopher Tabor, Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh · 2021 · Annual Review of Materials Research · 304 citations

• The Elixir System: Data Characterization and Calibration at the Canada‐France‐Hawaii Telescope

  E. A. Magnier, J.‐C. Cuillandre · 2004 · Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific · 195 citations

• The ELIXIR study: evaluation of sexual dysfunction in 4557 depressed patients in France

  Mireille Bonierbale, Christophe Lançon, Jean Tignol · 2003 · Current Medical Research and Opinion · 190 citations

• PATHOLOGIC EFFECTS OF ELIXIR OF SULFANILAMIDE (DIETHYLENE GLYCOL) POISONING

  E. M. K. GEILING · 1938 · Journal of the American Medical Association · 166 citations

• Spermidine: A novel autophagy inducer and longevity elixir

  Frank Madeo, Tobias Eisenberg, Sabrina Büttner · 2010 · Autophagy · 164 citations

• The elixir (or burden) of youth? Exploring differences in innovation between start-ups and established firms

  Paola Criscuolo, Nicos Nicolaou, Ammon Salter · 2012 · Research Policy · 125 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• An Update on the Therapeutic Anticancer Potential of Ocimum sanctum L.: “Elixir of Life”

  Mohammad Raghibul Hasan, Bader Saud Alotaibi, Ziyad Mohammed Althafar · 2023 · Molecules · 67 citations

• Effect of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Telomeres—Are They the Elixir of Youth?

  Magdalena Ogłuszka, Paweł Lipiński, Rafał R. Starzyński · 2022 · Nutrients · 33 citations

• Cell Therapy for Androgenetic Alopecia: Elixir or Trick?

  Yongcui Mao, Pinyan Liu, Jiayun Wei · 2023 · Stem Cell Reviews and Reports · 23 citations

• Coffee as a Source of Antioxidants and an Elixir of Youth

  Zofia Kobylińska, Marek Biesiadecki, Ewelina Kuna · 2025 · Antioxidants · 22 citations

• Different Types of Hypericum perforatum cvs. (Elixir, Helos, Topas) In Vitro Cultures: A Rich Source of Bioactive Metabolites and Biological Activities of Biomass Extracts

  Inga Kwiecień, Natalizia Miceli, Elżbieta Kędzia · 2023 · Molecules · 19 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• This dark endeavorKenneth Oppel · 2011
• Pharmaceutical preparationsJohn Uri Lloyd · 1883
• The Secret of Everlasting LifeRichard Bertschinger · 1994
• Specification of Joseph CollettJoseph Collett · 1856
• AmritaAleister Crowley · 1990
• Secret Potions, Elixirs and ConcoctionsMarie Anakee Miczak · 1999
• The elixirRobert Nathan · 1971
• The Elixirs of NostradamusMichel de Nostredame · 1996

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