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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

METRONIDAZOLE
Chemical names: 2-METHYL-5-NITROIMIDAZOLE-1-ETHANOL; 1-(2-HYDROXYETHYL)-2-METHYL-5-NITRO-IMIDAZOLE
Synonyms: FLAGYL
Functional class: VETERINARY DRUG (ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT)
Latest evaluation: 1989
ADI: ADI NOT EVALUATED
Comments/MRLs: No MRLs allocated
Report: TRS 788-JECFA 34/27
Residues: FNP 41/2-JECFA 34/48
Tox monograph: NOT PREPARED
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Metronidazole (PIM 347)
       Metronidazole  (IARC Summary & Evaluation, Supplement7, 1987)
       Metronidazole  (IARC Summary & Evaluation, Volume 13, 1977)