ISOAMYL ALCOHOL
Overview
Chemical Names
3-METHYL-1-BUTANOL
Synonyms
ISOBUTYL CARBINOL
CAS number
123-51-3
JECFA number
52
COE number
51
FEMA number
2057
Functional Class
Flavouring Agent
FLAVOURING_AGENT
FLAVOURING_AGENT
Evaluations
Evaluation year: 1996
ADI:0-3 mg/kg bw (1979)
ADI:
0-3 mg/kg bw (1979)
Comments:
No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent. The 1979 group ADI of 0-3 mg/kg bw for isoamyl acetate and isoamyl butyrate, expressed as isoamyl alcohol, was maintained at the forty-sixth meeting (1996).
Meeting:
46
Specs Code:
N
Report:
Tox Monograph:
Specification:
Previous Years:
1996, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 4/FNP 52 Add.4/181. R
1979, TRS 648-JECFA 23/29, NOT PREPARED, 0-3 (GROUP ADI FOR ISOAMYL ACETATE AND ISOAMYL BUTYRATE, EXPRESSED AS ISOAMYL ALCOHOL)
1996, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 4/FNP 52 Add.4/181. R
1979, TRS 648-JECFA 23/29, NOT PREPARED, 0-3 (GROUP ADI FOR ISOAMYL ACETATE AND ISOAMYL BUTYRATE, EXPRESSED AS ISOAMYL ALCOHOL)