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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

alpha-AMYLASE FROM ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE, VAR.
INS: 1100
Chemical names: 1,4-alpha-D-GLUCAN GLUCANOHYDROLASE (EC 3.2.1.1)
Synonyms: DIASTASE; PTYALIN; GLYCOGENASE
Functional class: MICROBIAL ENZYME PREPARATION
Latest evaluation: 1987
ADI: ACCEPTABLE
Report: TRS 759-JECFA 31/17
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 8/FNP 52 Add.8/7 (2000)
Tox monograph: FAS 22-JECFA 31/5
Previous status: 1987, FNP 38-JECFA 31/1; COMPENDIUM/105. N,T
 
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