(+)-LIMONENE

Overview

Chemical Names
d-p-MENTHA-1,8-DIENE; 4-ISOPROPENYL-1-METHYL-CYCLOHEXENE; 1-METHYL-4- (1-METHYLETHENYL) CYCLOHEXENE
Synonyms
(+)-LIMONENE; CINENE
CAS number
5989-27-5
JECFA number
1326
COE number
491
FEMA number
2633
Functional Class
Flavouring Agent
FLAVOURING_AGENT

Evaluations

Evaluation year: 2004

ADI:
NOT SPECIFIED (1993)

Comments:
Use of d-limonene as a flavouring agent is subsumed in the 1993 ADI 'not specified', which was maintained at the sixty-third meeting.
Meeting:
41
Specs Code:
R
Report: 
TRS 928-JECFA 63/64
Tox Monograph: 
FAS 54-JECFA 63/235
Specification: 
COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 12/FNP 52 Add. 12/76
Previous Years:
1993, TRS 837-JECFA 41/10, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 2/FNP 52 Add.2/69, FAS 30-JECFA 39/35 (1992). NOT SPECIFIED. NS. R. 1992, TRS 828-JECFA 39/13, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 1/FNP 52 Add.1/59, FAS 30-JECFA 39/35. 0-1.5 (APPLIES TO TOTAL INTAKE OF LIMONENE. FOOD ADDI
1993, TRS 837-JECFA 41/10, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 2/FNP 52 Add.2/69, FAS 30-JECFA 39/35 (1992). NOT SPECIFIED. NS. R. 1992, TRS 828-JECFA 39/13, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 1/FNP 52 Add.1/59, FAS 30-JECFA 39/35. 0-1.5 (APPLIES TO TOTAL INTAKE OF LIMONENE. FOOD ADDI