General Information

Chemical Names: chymotrypsin: (EC 3.4.21.1)
Functional Class: Food Additives
ENZYME_PREPARATION

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Evaluations

Evaluation year: 2012
ADI: NOT SPECIFIED
Specs Code: N
Comments: Comparing the exposure estimate with the NOAEL from the 13-week study of oral toxicity in rats, the margin of exposure is approximately 350. The Committee allocated an ADI “not specified”b for serine protease (chymotrypsin) enzyme preparation from N. prasina expressed in the production strain B. licheniformis, used in the applications specified and in accordance with good manufacturing practice.
Report: TRS 974 JECFA 76
Tox Monograph: FAS 67 JECFA 76
Specification: Compendium of food additive specifications. FAO JECFA Monographs 13, 2012

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