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Chemical names: LUTEIN: beta,epsilon-CAROTENE-3,3'-DIOL; HELENIEN: LUTEIN DIPALMITATE; beta,epsilon-CAROTENE-3,3'-DIOL DIPALMITATE
Synonyms: XANTHOPHYLLS
Functional class: COLOUR
Colour class: CAROTENOID
Latest evaluation: 1987
ADI: NO ADI ALLOCATED
Report: TRS 759-JECFA 31/28
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 10/FNP 52 Add.10/34 (METALS LIMITS) (2002)
Tox monograph: NOT PREPARED
Previous status: 2001, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 9/FNP 52 Add.9/105. R
2000, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 8/FNP 52 Add.8/117. R,T
1987, FNP 38-JECFA 31/248 (COMPENDIUM/1465); THESE SPECIFICATIONS SUPERSEDED, IN PART, THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR XANTHOPHYLLS PUBLISHED IN 1984), FNP 31/1-JECFA 28/141. N,T
 
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