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

Evaluations

Evaluation year: 1996

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
Tox Monograph: 
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)