LINALOOL

Synonyms:

CORIANDROL, LICAREOL

Chemical Names:

3,7-DIMETHYLOCTA-1,6-DIEN-3-OL

CAS number:

78-70-6

COE number:

61

JECFA number:

356

FEMA number:

2635

Evaluation year:

1998

ADI:

0-0.5 mg/kg bw (1979)

Meeting:

23

Specs Code:

R (1982)

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

Tox Monograph:

FAS 42-JECFA 51/293

Specification:

COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 6/FNP 52 Add.6/180 (1998)

Mainterm	LINALOOL
FEMA Number	2635
CAS Reg.No.(or other ID)	129-91-0
Regnum

LINALOOL

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