CHACONINE

Overview

CAS number
20562-03-2
Functional Class
Food Contaminant
NATURALLY_OCCURRING_TOXICANT

Evaluations

Evaluation year: 1992

Comments:
The Committee considered that, despite the long history of human consumption of plants containing glycoalkaloids, the available epidemiological and experimental data from human and laboratory animal studies did not permit the determination of a safe level of intake. Nevertheless, it felt that the large body of experience with the consumption of potatoes, frequently on a daily basis, indicated that normal glycoalkaloid levels (20-100 mg/kg) found in properly grown and handled tubers were not of concern.
Tolerable Intake:
NONE ESTABLISHED
Meeting:
39
Report: 
TRS 828-JECFA 39/31
Tox Monograph: 
FAS 30-JECFA 39/339