CORIANDROL

Overview

Chemical Names
3,7-DIMETHYLOCTA-1,6-DIEN-3-OL
Synonyms
CORIANDROL; LICAREOL; LINALOL; DL-LINALOOL
CAS number
78-70-6
JECFA number
356
COE number
61
FEMA number
2635
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:
1997, THE 1979 GROUP ADI OF 0-0.5 mg/kg bw FOR LINALOOL AND RELATED SUBSTANCES, EXPRESSED AS CITRAL, WAS MAINTAINED (TRS 884-JECFA 49/68) 1982, FNP 25-JECFA 26/102; COMPENDIUM/847. R 1979, TRS 648-JECFA 23/25, FNP 12-JECFA 23/61. NOT PREPARED. 0-5 (GRO
1997, THE 1979 GROUP ADI OF 0-0.5 mg/kg bw FOR LINALOOL AND RELATED SUBSTANCES, EXPRESSED AS CITRAL, WAS MAINTAINED (TRS 884-JECFA 49/68) 1982, FNP 25-JECFA 26/102; COMPENDIUM/847. R 1979, TRS 648-JECFA 23/25, FNP 12-JECFA 23/61. NOT PREPARED. 0-5 (GRO