| LINALYL ACETATE | |
| COE No.: | 203 |
| FEMA No.: | 2636 |
| JECFA No.: | 359 |
| Chemical names: | 1,5-DIMETHYL-1-ETHENYLHEX-4-ENYL ACETATE |
| Synonyms: | 3,7-DIMETHYLOCTA-1,6-DIEN-3-YL ACETATE; BERGAMOL; LICAREOL ACETATE; LINALOOL ACETATE |
| Functional class: | FLAVOURING AGENT |
| Latest evaluation: | 1998 |
| ADI: | 0-0.5 mg/kg bw (1979) |
| Comments: | No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent. The 1979 group ADI of 0-0.5 mg/kg bw for citral, geranyl acetate, citronellol, linalool, and linalyl acetate, expressed as citral, was maintained at the fifty-first (TRS 891/90, 1998) and sixty-first (TRS for JECFA 61 in press) meetings. |
| Report: | TRS 891-JECFA 51/79 |
| Specifications: | COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 6/FNP 52 Add.6/180 (1998) |
| Tox monograph: | FAS 42-JECFA 51/293 |
| Previous status: | 1982, FNP 25-JECFA 26/105; COMPENDIUM/851. R
1979, TRS 648-JECFA 23/25, FNP 12-JECFA 23/63. 0-5 (GROUP ADI FOR CITRAL, GERANYL ACETATE, CITRONELLOL, LINALOOL, AND LINALYL ACETATE, EXPRESSED AS CITRAL). R 1967, NMRS 44/TRS 383-JECFA 11/12, FAS 69.31/NMRS 44B-JECFA 11/32,33, FAS 68.33/NMRS 44A-JECFA 11/54. 0-0.25 (CONDITIONAL). CO. N |
| 27 Jan 04 | |
See Also:
Toxicological Abbreviations
Linalyl acetate (ICSC)
Linalyl acetate (FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series 44a)