CITRAL

Overview

Chemical Names
3,7-DIMETHYL-2,6-OCTADIENAL
Synonyms
MIXTURE OF GERANIAL AND NERAL; LEMAROME
CAS number
5392-40-5
JECFA number
1225
FEMA number
2303
Functional Class
Flavouring Agent
FLAVOURING_AGENT

Evaluations

Evaluation year: 2003

ADI:
0-0.5 mg/kg bw (1979)

Comments:
Use of citral as a flavouring agent is subsumed in the 1979 group ADI of 0-0.5 mg/kg bw for citral, geranyl acetate, citronellol, linalool, and linallyl acetate, expressed as citral, which was mainted at the sixty-first meeting.
Meeting:
23
Specs Code:
R (1982)
Tox Monograph: 
Previous Years:
1998. 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 MEETING (TRS 891/90,1998). 1997, THE 1979 GROUP ADI OF 0-0.5 mg/kg bw FOR CITRAL AN
1998. 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 MEETING (TRS 891/90,1998). 1997, THE 1979 GROUP ADI OF 0-0.5 mg/kg bw FOR CITRAL AN