DL-CITRONELLOL

Overview

Chemical Names
3,7-DIMETHYL-6-OCTEN-1-OL
Synonyms
beta-CITRONELLOL; 2,3-DIHYDROGERANIOL; 2,6-DIMETHYL-2-OCTEN-8-OL; CEPHROL; DIHYDROGERANIOL
JECFA number
1219
Functional Class
Flavouring Agent
FLAVOURING_AGENT

Evaluations

Evaluation year: 2003

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

Comments:
Use of dl-citronellol as a flavouring agent is subsumed in the 1979 group ADI of 0-0.5 mg/kg bw for citral, geranyl acetate, citronellol, linalool, and linalyl acetate, expressed as citral, which was maintained at the sixty-first meeting.
Report: 
TRS 922-JECFA 61/75
Tox Monograph: 
FAS 52-JECFA 61/289
Specification: 
COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 11/FNP 52 Add. 11/111
Previous Years:
1998. 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 MEETING (TRS 891/90, 1998). 1997, THE 1979 GROUP ADI OF 0-0.5 mg/kg bw FOR CITRONEL
1998. 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 MEETING (TRS 891/90, 1998). 1997, THE 1979 GROUP ADI OF 0-0.5 mg/kg bw FOR CITRONEL