| Synonyms: | beta-CYCLOCITRYLIDENEACETONE |
| Chemical Names: | 4-(2,6,6-TRIMETHYL-1-CYCLOHEXENYL)-3-BUTEN-2-ONE |
| CAS number: | 14901-07-6 |
| COE number: | 142 |
| JECFA number: | 389 |
| FEMA number: | 2595 |
| Evaluation year: | 1998 |
| ADI: | 0-0.1 mg/kg bw (1984) |
| Comments: | No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent. The 1984 group ADI of 0-0.1 mg/kg bw for alpha-ionone and beta-ionone, singly or in combination, was maintained at the fifty-first meeting (1998). |
| Report: | TRS 891-JECFA 51/96 |
| Tox Monograph: | FAS 42-JECFA 51/335 |
| Specification: | COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 6/FNP 52 Add.6/184 |