BERGAMOL

Overview

Chemical Names
1,5-DIMETHYL-1-ETHENYLHEX-4-ENYL ACETATE
Synonyms
3,7-DIMETHYLOCTA-1,6-DIEN-3-YL ACETATE; BERGAMOL; LICAREOL ACETATE; LINALOOL ACETATE
CAS number
115-95-7
JECFA number
359
COE number
203
FEMA number
2636
Functional Class
Flavouring Agent
FLAVOURING_AGENT

Evaluations

Evaluation year: 1998

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

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.
Meeting:
23
Specs Code:
R (1982)
Report: 
TRS 891-JECFA 51/79
Tox Monograph: 
FAS 42-JECFA 51/293
Specification: 
COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 6/FNP 52 Add.6/180 (1998)
Previous Years:
1982, FNP 25-JECFA 26/105; COMPENDIUM/851. R 1979, TRS 648-JECFA 23/25, FNP 12-JECFA 23/63. 0-5 (GROUP ADI FOR CITRAL, GERANYL ACETATE, CITRONELLOL, LINALOOL, AND LINALYL ACETATE, EXPRESSED AS CITRAL). R 1967, NMRS 44/TRS 383-JECFA 11/12, FAS 69.31/NMRS
1982, FNP 25-JECFA 26/105; COMPENDIUM/851. R 1979, TRS 648-JECFA 23/25, FNP 12-JECFA 23/63. 0-5 (GROUP ADI FOR CITRAL, GERANYL ACETATE, CITRONELLOL, LINALOOL, AND LINALYL ACETATE, EXPRESSED AS CITRAL). R 1967, NMRS 44/TRS 383-JECFA 11/12, FAS 69.31/NMRS